28 U.S.C. § 129 — West Virginia
submitted 78 years ago by ch. 646 to r/title-28-JUDICIARY-AND-JUDICIAL-PROCEDURE · 128 words · no verdicts yet
West Virginia is split into two federal judicial districts: Northern and Southern. The Northern District covers 32 named counties, with court held in Clarksburg, Elkins, Fairmont, Martinsburg, and Wheeling. The Southern District covers 23 named counties, with court held in Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, Huntington, Lewisburg, and Parkersburg.
West Virginia is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the Northern and Southern Districts of West Virginia.
Northern District*
(a) The Northern District comprises the counties of Barbour, Berkeley, Braxton, Brooke, Calhoun, Doddridge, Gilmer, Grant, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jefferson, Lewis, Marion, Marshall, Mineral, Monongalia, Morgan, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Randolph, Ritchie, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Webster, and Wetzel.
Court for the Northern District shall be held at Clarksburg, Elkins, Fairmont, Martinsburg, and Wheeling.
Southern District
(b) The Southern District comprises the counties of Boone, Cabell, Clay, Fayette, Greenbrier, Jackson, Kanawha, Lincoln, Logan, McDowell, Mason, Mercer, Mingo, Monroe, Nicholas, Putnam, Raleigh, Roane, Summers, Wayne, Wirt, Wood, and Wyoming.
Court for the Southern District shall be held at Beckley, Bluefield, Charleston, Huntington, Lewisburg, and Parkersburg.
Source credit: (June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 894; Pub. L. 97–471, § 1, Jan. 14, 1983, 96 Stat. 2601.)
- 1948Enacted · Act of June 25, 1948, ch. 646 · 62 Stat. 894
- 1983Amended · Pub. L. 97-471 · 96 Stat. 2601
A history note hasn’t been published yet. The record shows enactment by ch. 646 on 1948-06-25.
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