History of Michigan
District Courts Notes

 
1. Act of January 11, 1805, 2 Stat. 309.
2. Act of April 18, 1818, §7, 3 Stat. 431.
3. Philip Mason, "Michigan's First Federal Judge Was Both Colorful and Competent." Detroit Legal News, February 21, 1997.
4. Act of June 28, 1834, 4 Stat. 701.
5. 5 Stat. 62.
6. Act of January 26, 1837, 5 Stat. 144.
7. Act of September 24, 1789, ch. 20, 1 Stat. 73, 77.
8. Act of March 3, 1847, 5 Stat. 176.
9. The Michigan courts were moved between the Seventh and Eighth circuit during the years of 1862 and 1866. Judicial Act of July 23, 1866, ch. 210, §2, 14 Stat. 209.
10. Act of February 24, 1863, 12 Stat. 660.
11. Act of June 19, 1878, 20 Stat. 177. The Judicial Act of July 9, 1902, 37 Stat. 190, added Sault Sainte Marie to the Northern Division of the Western District.
12. Act of February 28, 1887, 24 Stat. 423.
13. Act of April 30, 1894, 28 Stat. 68.
14. Act of March 31, 1930, 46 Stat. 138.
15. Act of February 10, 1954, 68 Stat. 11.
16. Act of February 10, 1954, 68 Stat. 11.
17. Act of May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 81.