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Approaches to Federal Judicial History

Gautham Rao, Winston A. Bowman, Clara J. Altman
January 23, 2020

This volume presents recent scholarship on the history of the federal court system.  The main themes include the practices and importance of the lower federal courts, the relationship between district and circuit courts and the Supreme Court, and the broader role of the federal court system in Am

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A Guide to the Preservation of Federal Judges' Papers, Third Edition

September 12, 2018

This guide provides information for judges about organizing, managing, and storing physical documents and electronic materials in chambers. It discusses the importance of federal judges' papers as a documentary record of judges' careers and the work of the federal courts.

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Geographical Division of the Eighth Circuit Court of Appeals: An Historical Analysis

Denise Bonn
June 1, 1974

In 1975, the Commission on Revision of the Federal Court Appellate System, chaired by Senator Roman L. Hruska, recommended to the Congress, the President and Chief Justice of the United States that the geographical boundaries of the Fifth and Ninth Circuits be altered to create four circuits.

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