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28 U.S.C. § 104 — Mississippi

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 259 words · no verdicts yet

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Mississippi has two federal judicial districts: northern and southern. The northern district has three divisions and the southern district has four. Each division is made up of listed counties, with court held in one or more named cities.

Mississippi is split into a northern federal judicial district and a southern federal judicial district. Northern District (a): This district has three divisions. (1) The Aberdeen Division covers Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston counties. Court is held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth. (2) The Oxford Division covers Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha counties. Court is held at Oxford. (3) The Greenville Division covers Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, and Washington counties. Court is held at Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville. Southern District (b): This district has four divisions. (1) The Northern Division covers Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo counties. Court is held at Jackson. (2) The Southern Division covers George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone counties. Court is held at Gulfport. (3) The Eastern Division covers Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall counties. Court is held at Hattiesburg. (4) The Western Division covers Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and Wilkinson counties. Court is held at Natchez.
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Mississippi is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the northern and southern districts of Mississippi.

Northern District

(a) The northern district comprises three divisions.

(1) The Aberdeen Division comprises the counties of Alcorn, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Clay, Itawamba, Lee, Lowndes, Monroe, Oktibbeha, Prentiss, Tishomingo, Webster, and Winston.

Court for the Aberdeen Division shall be held at Aberdeen, Ackerman, and Corinth.

(2) The Oxford Division comprises the counties of Benton, Calhoun, DeSoto, Lafayette, Marshall, Panola, Pontotoc, Quitman, Tallahatchie, Tate, Tippah, Tunica, Union, and Yalobusha.

Court for the Oxford Division shall be held at Oxford.

(3) The Greenville Division comprises the counties of Attala, Bolivar, Carroll, Coahoma, Grenada, Humphreys, Leflore, Montgomery, Sunflower, and Washington.

Court for the Greenville Division shall be held at Clarksdale, Cleveland, and Greenville.

Southern District

(b) The southern district comprises four divisions.

(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Copiah, Hinds, Holmes, Issaquena, Kemper, Lauderdale, Leake, Madison, Neshoba, Newton, Noxubee, Rankin, Scott, Simpson, Sharkey, Smith, Warren, and Yazoo.

Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Jackson.

(2) The Southern Division comprises the counties of George, Greene, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, Pearl River, and Stone.

Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Gulfport.

(3) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Clarke, Covington, Forrest, Jasper, Jefferson Davis, Jones, Lamar, Lawrence, Marion, Perry, Wayne, and Walthall.

Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Hattiesburg.

(4) The Western Division comprises the counties of Adams, Amite, Claiborne, Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Pike, and Wilkinson.

Court for the Western Division shall be held at Natchez.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 883; Aug. 7, 1950, ch. 601, 64 Stat. 415; Pub. L. 90–92, Sept. 27, 1967, 81 Stat. 229; Pub. L. 91–546, §§ 2, 3, Dec. 14, 1970, 84 Stat. 1412; Pub. L. 95–408, § 2(b), Oct. 2, 1978, 92 Stat. 883; Pub. L. 106–130, § 1, Dec. 6, 1999, 113 Stat. 1677; Pub. L. 108–455, § 2, Dec. 10, 2004, 118 Stat. 3628; Pub. L. 112–188, § 3, Oct. 5, 2012, 126 Stat. 1433; Pub. L. 113–61, § 1, Dec. 20, 2013, 127 Stat. 665.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit
  • 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 883
  • 1950Amended · Act of Aug. 7, 1950, ch. 601 · 64 Stat. 415
  • 1967Amended · Pub. L. 90-92 · 81 Stat. 229
  • 1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-546 · 84 Stat. 1412
  • 1978Amended · Pub. L. 95-408 · 92 Stat. 883
  • 1999Amended · Pub. L. 106-130 · 113 Stat. 1677
  • 2004Amended · Pub. L. 108-455 · 118 Stat. 3628
  • 2012Amended · Pub. L. 112-188 · 126 Stat. 1433
  • 2013Amended · Pub. L. 113-61 · 127 Stat. 665

A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.

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