| September 24, 1789 1 Stat. 73 |
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New York and assigned the district to the Eastern Circuit. |
| February 13, 1801 2 Stat. 89 |
The Judiciary Act of 1801 established six regional circuit courts to replace the circuit courts organized by judicial districts. The Act divided New York into two districts, the District of Albany and the District of New York, and placed those districts under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Circuit Court for the Second Circuit. |
| March 8, 1802 2 Stat. 132 |
Congress repealed the Judiciary Act of 1801 and restored the organization of the judiciary in effect before 1801, thereby re-establishing the U.S. Circuit Court for the District of New York. |
| April 29, 1802 2 Stat. 156 |
Judiciary Act of 1802 assigned the District of New York to the Second Circuit. |
| April 9, 1814 3 Stat. 120 |
This act divided New York into the northern and southern judicial districts and created the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. The U.S. District Court for the Northern District, not being assigned to a judicial circuit, was granted the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which were the jurisdiction the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York. |
| May 27, 1826 4 Stat. 192 |
Appeals and writs of error from decisions of the Northern District of New York removed from the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York to the Supreme Court of the United States. |
| March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176 |
Act repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of New York and established a U.S. circuit court for the District. |
| February 25, 1865 13 Stat. 438 |
Congress established the Eastern District of New York and created a U.S. circuit court for the district. |
| May 12, 1900 31 Stat. 175 |
Congress established the Western District of New York and created a U.S. circuit court for the district. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |