The United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama (in

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, which are appealed to the Federal Circuit). The District was established on February 6, 1839. The United States Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Alabama represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. the Acting United States Attorney is Sandra Stewart.

Organization of the court

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is one of three federal judicial districts in Alabama. Court for the District is held at Dothan, Montgomery, and Opelika. Eastern Division comprises the following counties: Chambers, Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell, and Tallapoosa. Northern Division comprises the following counties: Autauga, Barbour,

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, Butler, Chilton, Coosa, Covington, Crenshaw, Elmore, Lowndes, Montgomery, and Pike. Southern Division comprises the following counties:

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Current judges

Vacancies and pending nominations

Former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Court decisions

'' Browder v. Gayle'' (1956) – Court rules that bus segregation in Montgomery was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment. Decision upheld by U.S. Supreme Court six months later. '' Gomillion v. Lightfoot'' (1958) – Court dismissed action, which was later affirmed by the Fifth Circuit. In 1960, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the decision, finding that electoral districts drawn in Tuskegee, with the purpose of disenfranchising black voters, violated the Fifteenth Amendment. ''Lee v. Macon County Board of Education'' (1963) – Court rules segregation in schooling was unconstitutional under the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment. Decision upheld by U.S. Supreme Court. ''United States v. Alabama'' (1966) – Court rules poll tax violates the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Amendment. U.S. Supreme Court concurred three weeks later in an unrelated case, Harper v. Virginia Board of Elections. '' Glassroth v. Moore'' (2002) – Court rules that a display of the

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U.S. Attorneys

References

External links

United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama

United States Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama

Restoring checks and balances in the confirmation process of United States attorneys: hearing before the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, on H.R. 580, March 6, 2007
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