28 U.S.C. § 123 — Tennessee

submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 455 words · no verdicts yet

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Tennessee has three federal judicial districts — Eastern, Middle, and Western — each split into divisions made up of listed counties, with a city where each division holds court. The section also names which of the Eastern District's two judges (as of a 1940 date) sits in which divisions, and lets each judge appoint and remove court staff in the divisions where they hold court.

This section lays out Tennessee's three federal judicial districts and their divisions. Tennessee is split into the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts. Eastern District (a): This district has four divisions. (1) The Northern Division covers a listed group of counties, with court held at Knoxville. (2) The Northeastern Division covers another listed group of counties, with court held at Greenville. (3) The Southern Division covers a third listed group of counties, with court held at Chattanooga. (4) The Winchester Division covers a fourth listed group of counties, with court held at Winchester. Middle District (b): This district has three divisions. (1) The Nashville Division covers a listed group of counties, with court held at Nashville. (2) The Northeastern Division covers another listed group of counties, with court held at Cookeville. (3) The Columbia Division covers a third listed group of counties, with court held at Columbia. Western District (c): This district has two divisions. (1) The Eastern Division covers a listed group of counties, plus part of the Tennessee River forming the boundary with the Middle District from the Alabama line north to a point in Henry County; court is held at Jackson and Dyersburg. (2) The Western Division covers Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton counties, with court held at Memphis. The section closes with an administrative rule: the district judge for the Eastern District who was in office on November 27, 1940, holds court in the Northern and Northeastern Divisions, while the other judge of that district holds court in the Southern and Winchester Divisions. Each of those two judges may appoint and remove the court officers and employees whose official headquarters are in the divisions where that judge holds court, when the law otherwise gives that appointment power to a district judge or chief judge.

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Tennessee is divided into three judicial districts to be known as the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Tennessee.

Eastern District

(a) The Eastern District comprises four divisions.

(1) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Anderson, Blount, Campbell, Claiborne, Grainger, Jefferson, Knox, Loudon, Monroe, Morgan, Roane, Scott, Sevier, and Union.

Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Knoxville.

(2) The Northeastern Division comprises the counties of Carter, Cocke, Greene, Hamblen, Hancock, Hawkins, Johnson, Sullivan, Unicoi, and Washington.

Court for the Northeastern Division shall be held at Greenville.

(3) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Bledsoe, Bradley, Hamilton, McMinn, Marion, Meigs, Polk, Rhea, and Sequatchie.

Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Chattanooga.

(4) The Winchester Division comprises the counties of Bedford, Coffee, Franklin, Grundy, Lincoln, Moore, Van Buren, and Warren.

Court for the Winchester Division shall be held at Winchester.

Middle District

(b) The Middle District comprises three divisions.

(1) The Nashville Division comprises the counties of Cannon, Cheatham, Davidson, Dickson, Houston, Humphreys, Montgomery, Robertson, Rutherford, Stewart, Sumner, Trousdale, Williamson, and Wilson.

Court for the Nashville Division shall be held at Nashville.

(2) The Northeastern Division comprises the counties of Clay, Cumberland, De Kalb, Fentress, Jackson, Macon, Overton, Pickett, Putnam, Smith, and White.

Court for the Northeastern Division shall be held at Cookeville.

(3) The Columbia Division comprises the counties of Giles, Hickman, Lawrence, Lewis, Marshall, Maury, and Wayne.

Court for the Columbia Division shall be held at Columbia.

Western District

(1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Benton, Carroll, Chester, Crockett, Decatur, Dyer, Gibson, Hardeman, Hardin, Haywood, Henderson, Henry, Lake, McNairy, Madison, Obion, Perry, and Weakley.

The Eastern Division also includes the waters of Tennessee River to low-water mark on the eastern shore wherever such river forms the boundary between the western and middle districts from the north line of Alabama north to the point in Henry County, Tennessee, where the south boundary of Kentucky strikes the east bank of the river.

Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Jackson and Dyersburg.

(2) The Western Division comprises the counties of Fayette, Lauderdale, Shelby, and Tipton.

Court for the Western Division shall be held at Memphis.

The district judge for the Eastern District in office on November 27, 1940, shall hold court in the Northern and Northeastern Divisions. The other judge of that district shall hold the terms of court in the Southern and Winchester Divisions. Each may appoint and remove all officers and employees of the court whose official headquarters are located in the divisions within which he holds court and whose appointments are vested by law in a district judge or chief judge of a district.

Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 890; Pub. L. 87–36, § 3(e), May 19, 1961, 75 Stat. 83; Pub. L. 87–86, July 11, 1961, 75 Stat. 203; Pub. L. 91–272, § 12, June 2, 1970, 84 Stat. 298; Pub. L. 110–406, § 2(a), Oct. 13, 2008, 122 Stat. 4291.)

history & why it existsrecord from the source credit

1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 890
1961Amended · Pub. L. 87-36 · 75 Stat. 83
1961Amended · Pub. L. 87-86 · 75 Stat. 203
1970Amended · Pub. L. 91-272 · 84 Stat. 298
2008Amended · Pub. L. 110-406 · 122 Stat. 4291

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

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