Judge's list of cases, U.S. District Court, 1890-1901.

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Judge's list of cases, U.S. District Court, 1890-1901.

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Contains lists of cases that appeared before the U.S. District Court, Portland, Maine,, Judge Nathan Webb, presiding. Information provided includes docket numbers, litigants, counsel, and notation of decisions.

25 v. ; 26 cm.

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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SNAC Resource ID: 7114844

Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138

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Webb, Nathan, 1825-1902

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Webb graduated from Harvard College in 1846. He read law with John Rand, Esq. and was admitted to the Maine bar in 1848. He practiced in Portland (1849-1865) and turned to state attorney positions eventually becoming U.S. District Attorney (1878-1882). President Arthur nominated Webb to the U.S. District Court judgeship in 1882. From the description of Notes of federal court cases in Maine and Massachusetts, 1884-1902. (Harvard Law School Library). WorldCat record id: 235929318 ...

United States. District Court (Maine)

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U.S. district and circuit courts were created by the Judiciary Act of 1789 under the authority of the constitutional provision that the judicial power of the United States be vested in a Supreme Court and in such inferior courts as the Congress may establish. The Judiciary Act provided that these courts were to have original jurisdiction in cases involving crimes, remedies of common law, and aliens suing for a tort. The district courts were to have exclusive original cognizance of c...