United States v. Washington,384 F. Supp. 312,aff'd,520 F.2d 676,commonly known as the Boldt Decision,was a legal case in 1974 heard in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. The case re-affirmed the rights of American Indian tribes in the state of Washington to co-manage and continue to harvest salmon and other fish under the terms of various treaties with the U.S. government. The tribes ceded their land to the United States but reserved the right to fish as they always had. This included their traditional locations off the designated reservations.
The United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The court is based in San Juan. The main building is the Clemente Ruiz Nazario United States Courthouse located in the Hato Rey district of San Juan. The magistrate judges are located in the adjacent Federico Degetau Federal Building,and several senior district judges hold court at the Jose V. Toledo Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse in Old San Juan. The old courthouse also houses the U.S. Bankruptcy Court. Most appeals from this court are heard by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit,which is headquartered in Boston but hears appeals at the Old San Juan courthouse for two sessions each year. Patent claims as well as claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act are appealed to the Federal Circuit.
Richard George Kopf is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska.
Gladys Kessler was a United States district judge of the District Court for the District of Columbia.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is a trial level federal district court based in St. Louis,Missouri,with jurisdiction over fifty counties in the eastern half of Missouri. The court is one of ninety-four district-level courts which make up the first tier of the U.S. federal judicial system. Judges of this court preside over civil and criminal trials on federal matters that originate within the borders of its jurisdiction. It is organized into three divisions,with court held in St. Louis,Hannibal,and Cape Girardeau.
Sandra Lea Lynch is an American lawyer who serves as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. She is the first woman to serve on that court. Lynch served as chief judge of the First Circuit from 2008 to 2015.
Henry Warren Goddard was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
American Booksellers Ass'n,Inc. v. Hudnut,771 F.2d 323,aff'd mem.,475 U.S. 1001 (1986),was a 1985 court case that successfully challenged the constitutionality of the Antipornography Civil Rights Ordinance,as enacted in Indianapolis,Indiana the previous year.
Nancy Gertner is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. She assumed senior status on May 22,2011,and retired outright from the federal bench on September 1,2011. She is now a professor of practice at Harvard Law School.
Armando David Mazzone served for twenty-six years as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
Denise Louise Cote is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Wilfred Feinberg was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and previously was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.
Helen Patricia Willey Gillmor is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii.
Ellen Judith Huvelle is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. She has overseen several significant cases. In a case decided in May 2001,Huvelle "upheld federal regulations that restrict the sale of consumers' names,Social Security numbers,dates of birth,addresses and phone numbers." Later that year,Huvelle heard requests by family members of Vince Foster seeking access to pictures of his body taken after his death. In November 2005,she accepted the guilty plea in the high-profile prosecution of lobbyist Michael Scanlon. Huvelle assumed senior status on June 3,2014.
James Louis Robart is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington.
Charles Proctor Sifton was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1977 to 2009 and its Chief Judge from 1995 to 2000.
Mark Lawrence Wolf is a Senior Judge for the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts and founder and chair of Integrity Initiatives International.
Douglas Preston Woodlock is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts. Born in Connecticut,Woodlock graduated from Yale College and worked as a journalist before attending Georgetown University Law Center. After graduating,Woodlock was a lawyer in private practice at the law firm of Goodwin,Procter &Hoar,and had stints at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Massachusetts. Appointed to the federal bench in 1986,Woodlock presided over a number of noteworthy cases and was a key figure in the construction of the John Joseph Moakley United States Courthouse on the Boston waterfront. He assumed senior status in 2015.
The law of the United States comprises many levels of codified and uncodified forms of law,of which the most important is the nation's Constitution,which prescribes the foundation of the federal government of the United States,as well as various civil liberties. The Constitution sets out the boundaries of federal law,which consists of Acts of Congress,treaties ratified by the Senate,regulations promulgated by the executive branch,and case law originating from the federal judiciary. The United States Code is the official compilation and codification of general and permanent federal statutory law.
John Gilpin Heyburn II was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky. Heyburn served as the Chief Judge of the Court between 2001 and 2008.
