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  • The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan: People, Law, and Politics
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  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan People, Law, and Politics David Gardner Chardavoyne
  • 2012
  • Published by: Wayne State University Press
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The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, the federal trial court based in Detroit with jurisdiction over the eastern half of Michigan, was created in 1837 and operated as recently as 1923 with a single trial judge. Yet by 2010, the court had fifteen district judges, a dozen senior U.S. district judges and U.S. magistrate judges, and conducts court year-round in five federal buildings throughout the eastern half of Michigan (in Detroit, Bay City, Flint, Port Huron, and Ann Arbor). In The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan: People, Law, and Politics, author David Gardner Chardavoyne details not only the growth of the court but the stories of its judges and others who have served the court, litigants who brought their conflicting interests to the court for resolution, and the people of the district who have been affected by the court. In chronological order, Chardavoyne charts the history of the court, its judges, and its major cases in five parts: The Wilkins Years, 1837 to 1870; The Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age, 1870 to 1900; Decades of Tumult, 1900 to 1945; The Era of Grand Expectations, 1946 to 1976; and A Major Metropolitan Court, 1977 to 2010. Along the way, Chardavoyne highlights many issues of national concern faced by the court, including cases dealing with fugitive slave laws, espionage and treason, civil rights, and freedom of speech. Chardavoyne also examines how conflicting interests—political, local, and personal—have influenced the resolution of a myriad of issues not directly related to the court’s cases, such as who becomes a federal judge, how many judges the court should have, in which cities and in which buildings the judges hold court, what kinds of cases the judges can and cannot hear, and the geographical boundaries of the district and of divisions within the district. This volume includes helpful appendixes that list the Eastern District of Michigan Court’s Chief Judges, Clerks, Magistrates and Magistrate Judges, and United States Marshals; along with the succession of judges, and a list of District and Circuit Court Case Filings, 1837–2010. Legal professionals and scholars will appreciate this thorough history.

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  1. Cover
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  1. Series Page
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  1. Title Page
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  1. Copyright
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  1. Dedication
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  1. Contents
  2. pp. vii-viii
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  1. List of Illustrations
  2. pp. ix-xiv
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  1. Foreword
  2. pp. xv-xvi
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  1. Introduction
  2. pp. 1-5
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  1. Part I: The Wilkins Years, 1837–1870
  2. pp. 7-93
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  1. Chapter 1: The Courts of the United States and the District of Michigan in 1837
  2. pp. 9-30
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  1. Chapter 2: Establishing the Federal Presence, 1837–1850
  2. pp. 31-50
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  1. Chapter 3: Calm before the Storm, 1851–1861
  2. pp. 51-70
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  1. Chapter 4: The Civil War and the End of the Wilkins Era, 1861–1870
  2. pp. 71-93
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  1. Part II: The Industrial Revolution and the Gilded Age, 1870–1900
  2. pp. 95-144
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  1. Chapter 5: The Eastern District in the Post War Era, 1870–1885
  2. pp. 97-118
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  1. Chapter 6: The Eastern District and the End of the Gilded Age, 1885–1900
  2. pp. 119-144
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  1. Part III: Decades of Tumult, 1900–1945
  2. pp. 145-250
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  1. Chapter 7: Progressive Legislation and the First World War, 1900–1920
  2. pp. 147-169
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  1. Chapter 8: The Red Scare and Prohibition, 1920–1934
  2. pp. 170-201
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  1. Chapter 9: The Great Depression and the New Deal, 1932–1940
  2. pp. 202-227
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  1. Chapter 10: The Second World War, 1940–1945
  2. pp. 228-250
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  1. Part IV: The Era of Grand Expectations, 1946–1976
  2. pp. 251-320
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  1. Chapter 11: The Pursuit of Happiness and Communists, 1946–1960
  2. pp. 253-275
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  1. Chapter 12: District Judges Appointed, 1961–1976
  2. pp. 276-293
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  1. Chapter 13: The Protection of Civil Rights, 1961–1976
  2. pp. 294-320
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  1. Part V: A Major Metropolitan Court, 1977–2010
  1. Chapter 14: District Judges Appointed, 1977–1985
  2. pp. 323-336
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  1. Chapter 15: Growth Pains, 1977–1990
  2. pp. 337-362
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  1. Chapter 16: At the Millennium, 1990–2010
  2. pp. 363-390
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  1. Chapter 17: Into the Future
  2. pp. 391-397
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  1. Appendixes
  2. pp. 399-410
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  1. Bibliographical Notes
  2. pp. 411-424
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  1. Index
  2. pp. 425-440
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  1. Back Cover
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