United States District Court for the Canal Zone

United States District Court for the Canal Zone
(D.C.Z.)
Defunct
Appeals to Fifth Circuit
Established 1914
Abolished March 31, 1982

The United States District Court for the Canal Zone (in case citations, D.C.Z.) was a United States District Court that existed in Panama from 1914 to 1982.

Establishment

Canal Zone Courthouse site of the Canal Zone District Court which existed from 1914 until 1982.

The District was established in 1914. It was originally under the War Department but in 1933 was transferred to the Department of Justice.[1]

Appeals

Appeals were taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.[2]

Abolition

The court was abolished, effective March 31, 1982, as part of the process of returning the Canal Zone to Panama.[3] Cases then pending in the Canal Zone court were transferred to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana in New Orleans.

Presiding Judges

References

  1. ↑ Executive Order 6166 June 10, 1933, Section 6
  2. ↑ History of the Federal Judiciary: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  3. ↑ United States Marshal's service history of US Court for the Canal Zone


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