Thomas Porter Hawley papers, 1888-1893.
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United States. District Court (Nevada)
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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...
Hawley, Thomas Porter, 1830-1907
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State and federal judge, of Nev.; b. in Milan, Ind.; private practice in Nevada City, Calif., from 1858 to 1868; district attorney of Nevada County, Calif., from 1863 to 1864; private practice in Hamilton, Nev., from 1868 to 1870; private practice in Eureka, Nev., from 1870 to 1872; Nevada Supreme Court justice, from 1872 to 1890; federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Nevada; nominated by Pres. Benjamin Harrison on 30 Aug. 1890, and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on...
