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U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota: Legislative History

May 11, 1858 11 Stat. 285	Congress organized Minnesota as one judicial district and authorized one judgeship for the U.S. district court. The district court in Minnesota, 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 of the Supreme Court.
July 15, 1862 12 Stat. 576	Congress reorganized the circuits, repealed the circuit court jurisdiction of the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, and assigned the district to the Ninth Circuit.
July 23, 1866 14 Stat. 209	Congress reorganized the circuits and assigned the District of Minnesota to the Eighth Circuit.
February 4, 1903 32 Stat. 795	One additional judgeship authorized.
September 14, 1922 42 Stat. 837	One temporary judgeship authorized. The temporary increase in the court's authorized membership expired in 1925.
March 2, 1925 43 Stat. 1098	One temporary judgeship authorized.
May 28, 1930 46 Stat. 431	One additional judgeship authorized.
August 19, 1935 49 Stat. 659	Temporary judgeship authorized in 1925 made permanent.
October 20, 1978 92 Stat. 1629	One additional permanent and one temporary judgeship authorized.
July 10, 1984 98 Stat. 333	One additional permanent judgeship authorized and the temporary judgeship authorized in 1978 made permanent.

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