| March 2, 1855
10 Stat. 631 |
The act established the U.S. Circuit Court for the Districts of California, authorized one circuit judgeship, and repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. district courts in California. The circuit court exercised the same jurisdiction as other U.S. circuit courts, except in certain cases involving land claims that remained the jurisdiction of the district courts. |
| April 30, 1856 11 Stat. 6 |
The act provided that the circuit judge would preside with the district judge for the district within which the circuit court was held, and that either the circuit judge or the district judge would constitute a quorum. |
| March 3, 1863 12 Stat. 794 |
Congress abolished the California Circuit organized in 1855, established separate U.S. circuit courts in the Northern and Southern Districts of California, and assigned the districts of California to the newly-created Tenth Circuit. |
| July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the districts of California to the Ninth Circuit. |
| July 27, 1866 14 Stat. 300 |
This act abolished the courts in the southern district and reorganized the state as one judicial district, with one U.S. district court and one U.S. circuit court. |
| August 5 1886 24 Stat. 308 |
This act split California into two judicial districts, northern and southern, and created a circuit court in each district. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |