United States District Court for the District of Alabama
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This page is about a former federal court. For a list of active courts, see: United States federal courts.
The United States District Court for the District of Alabama was created on April 21, 1820. It became defunct four years later when Alabama was divided into the Northern and Southern Districts on March 10, 1824, although these districts still shared just one judgeship. The Middle District was subsequently formed from parts of these two districts on February 6, 1839, by 5 Stat. 315, with legislation specifying that the Middle District Court was to be held at Tuscaloosa, the Northern District Court at Huntsville, and the Southern District Court at Mobile. The districts were reorganized on August 7, 1848.[1]