| March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176 |
This act established the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Arkansas and assigned the district to the Ninth Circuit. |
| March 3, 1851 9 Stat. 594 |
Arkansas divided into two judicial districts, Eastern and Western, with only the Eastern District and its U.S. circuit court still assigned to the Ninth Circuit. The U.S. District Court for the Western District, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court. |
| July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Eastern District of Arkansas to the Sixth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Eastern District of Arkansas to the Eighth Circuit. |
| January 31, 1877 19 Stat. 230 |
The act created a second meeting place for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District in Helena and granted the court meeting there the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdication of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas in Little Rock. |
| February 6, 1889 25 Stat. 655 |
The act established a U.S. circuit court in and for the Western District of Arkansas and repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Western District. The Act also repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District, meeting in Helena. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |