| March 3, 1837 5 Stat. 176 |
Congress established U.S. circuit courts for the Northern and Southern Districts of Alabama and assigned the districts to the Ninth Circuit. |
| February 22, 1838 5 Stat. 210 |
Act abolished the U.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District. 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 Alabama. |
| February 6, 1839 5 Stat. 315 |
Congress established a Middle District of Alabama and granted the U.S. district court in the Middle District the same jurisdiction as U.S. circuit courts, except in appeals and writs of error, which would proceed to the U.S. Circuit Court for the Southern District of Alabama. |
| August 16, 1842 5 Stat. 507 |
Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the Southern District of Alabama to the Fifth Circuit |
| March 3, 1873 17 Stat. 484 |
Statute repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. district courts for the Northern and Middle Districts, and established a U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Alabama, with appellate jurisdiction over the state's three district courts. |
| June 22, 1874 18 Stat. 195 |
The act established U.S. circuit courts for the Northern and Middle Districts and designated the existing circuit court as the circuit court for the Southern District. |
| March 3, 1911 36 Stat. 1087 |
Congress abolished the U.S. circuit courts, effective January 1, 1912. |