United States circuit courts (old trial-level circuit courts)

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The United States circuit courts were early federal trial courts that operated from the Judiciary Act of 1789 until their jurisdiction was transferred to the newly created district and appellate courts in the early 20th century.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal court ⓘ
former federal trial court system ⓘ
abolishedBy Judicial Code of 1911 ⓘ
abolitionEffectiveDate January 1, 1912 ⓘ
appliedLaw United States federal law ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction cases under federal statutes ⓘ
composedOf United States Supreme Court justices riding circuit ⓘ
United States federal judges ⓘ
surface form: United States district judges
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
createdFor to provide federal trial-level courts in each circuit ⓘ
distinctFrom United States courts of appeals ⓘ
modern United States circuit courts of appeals ⓘ
effectOfEvartsAct creation of United States circuit courts of appeals and transfer of most appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
endTime 1912 ⓘ
establishedBy Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
followedBy modern system of United States district courts and courts of appeals ⓘ
function limited appellate review of district court decisions ⓘ
trial-level adjudication of federal cases ⓘ
governingStatute Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ
subsequent federal judiciary acts of the 19th century ⓘ
hadAppellateJurisdiction appeals from some decisions of United States district courts ⓘ
hadOriginalJurisdiction important federal criminal prosecutions ⓘ
many major civil cases under federal law ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver appeals from United States district courts (in certain periods) ⓘ
diversity of citizenship cases ⓘ
federal question cases ⓘ
major federal criminal cases ⓘ
historicalPeriod early United States federal judiciary ⓘ
jurisdictionTransferredTo United States courts of appeals ⓘ
United States district courts ⓘ
languageOfCourt English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
location federal judicial circuits of the United States ⓘ
operatedIn 19th century United States ⓘ
early 20th century United States ⓘ
partOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
precededBy ad hoc federal courts under the Articles of Confederation (in function) ⓘ
reasonForAbolition consolidation of federal trial jurisdiction in district courts ⓘ
creation of separate intermediate appellate courts ⓘ
relatedEvent Evarts Act ⓘ
surface form: Evarts Act of 1891
replacedBy United States courts of appeals ⓘ
expanded jurisdiction of United States district courts ⓘ
staffedBy Supreme Court justices sitting on circuit ⓘ
local United States district judges ⓘ
startTime 1789 ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
usedCircuitRiding yes ⓘ

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Public Law 61-475 → abolished → United States circuit courts (old trial-level circuit courts) ⓘ
United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania → partOf → United States circuit courts (old trial-level circuit courts) ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States circuit court system (pre-1912)