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U.S. Circuit Courts for the Districts of Missouri: Legislative History

March 3, 1837
5 Stat. 176
Congress established the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Missouri and assigned it to the Eighth Circuit.
March 3, 1857
11 Stat. 197
The act divided Missouri into two judicial districts, the eastern and the western, but maintained only one U.S. circuit court.
July 15, 1862
12 Stat. 576
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Districts of Missouri to the Ninth Circuit.
July 23, 1866
14 Stat. 209
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Districts of Missouri to the Eighth Circuit.
June 8, 1872
17 Stat. 282
Act authorized separate U.S. circuit courts for the eastern and western districts of Missouri.
March 3, 1911
36 Stat. 1087
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912.

 

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