The National Archives at Fort Worth

RG 21: Records of the US District Courts for the Eastern District of Texas

Records Available at the National Archives at Fort Worth

Introduction

 

The Judiciary Act of September 24, 1789 created the United States district and circuit courts. These courts operated concurrently but with jurisdiction over different types of cases. District courts generally had original jurisdiction in admiralty and bankruptcy cases, in suits for penalties and seizures under federal laws, and jurisdiction in non-capital criminal proceedings and in law suits exceeding $100 in value in which the United States was the plaintiff. Circuit courts heard appeals from the district courts and had original jurisdiction over action involving aliens or citizens of different states and law and equity suits where the matter in dispute exceeded $500 (later $2,000). Congress added to the work of the circuit courts by conferring on the courts original jurisdiction in suits relating to infringement of patents and copy rights, violations of civil rights and elective franchise, registration of trademarks, unlawful restraints of trade and monopolies, and controversies between bankruptcy trustees and claimants to property held by the trustees.

In 1812 circuit courts were authorized to appoint U.S. commissioners to assist in the taking of bail and affidavits. Their functions were expanded by subsequent legislation and court rules, and their powers have included authority to issue arrest warrants, examine persons charged with offenses against federal laws, initiate actions in admiralty matters, and institute proceedings for violation of civil rights. In 1896 authority to appoint commissioners was transferred to the district courts. The Federal Magistrates Act of 1968 replaced U.S. commissioners with U.S. magistrates who exercise basically the same powers.

Separate circuit courts did not appear in Texas until after 1866. In 1891 the appellate jurisdiction of the circuit courts was transferred to the newly created courts of appeals (see Record Group 276). Since 1891, appeals from the United States district courts in Texas have gone to the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans. The Judiciary Act of 1911 abolished the circuit courts as of January 1, 1912, and provided for the transfer of their records and remaining jurisdiction to the district courts.

Most states initially had one district and one circuit court with additional districts created as the business of the courts increased. Many of the districts were divided into divisions with the court holding sessions in various cities within the district. When Texas was admitted to the Union in 1846, it was organized as one federal judicial district with court sessions held at Galveston. In 1857 Texas was divided into Eastern and Western Districts. Court sessions for the new Eastern District were held in Galveston and Brownsville while courts for the Western District were located in Austin and Tyler.

In 1879 Congress divided Texas into a third judicial district, Northern District of Texas, with court seats at Dallas, Graham, and Waco. When the Southern District of Texas was created in 1902, the judicial boundaries within the state were realigned, and the Waco court and its records were transferred to the Western District of Texas.

The four federal judicial districts in Texas presently contain twenty-seven court divisions. Each city that has a district court is a separate division. Court sessions no longer are held in the cities of Graham and Jefferson. Fires destroyed the records of the Paris court in 1916 and the Tyler court on November 17, 1878. None of the antebellum court records have been located for Galveston or Austin. A list of court divisions and their dates of establishment or termination is given in Appendix A.

Civil cases relating to the Spindletop oil field and asbestos litigation are listed in Appendix B.

The district and circuit courts were involved with the following types of proceedings:

Admiralty

Article III, section 2, of the Constitution provides that the judicial power of the United States shall extend "to all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction." The Supreme Court has interpreted this grant of authority as extending not only over the high seas but over all public navigable waters as well. The Judiciary Act of 1789 conferred original jurisdiction in admiralty and maritime cases exclusively on the district courts of the United States with provision for admiralty appeals to the circuit courts. This provision was abolished in 1891 when the newly-created courts of appeals became the final courts of jurisdiction in admiralty. American admiralty law deals with such matters as prizes, ransom, and military salvage; suits to try title to a ship; actions to recover ships to which a party is entitled by right; and a variety of maritime contracts and torts. Suits and proceedings in admiralty may be "in rem," against a thing, usually a ship, or "in personam," against an individual.

Civil

Section 2 of an act of Congress, approved June 19, 1934, gave the Supreme Court of the United States authority to unite the general rules for equity and law proceedings into one form of civil procedures. On September 16, 1938, proposed Federal Rules of Civil Procedures became effective, and thereafter, law and equity actions were filed together as civil proceedings. Admiralty cases, civil lawsuits relating to violations of federal maritime laws, were separately from other civil proceedings until 1967. Beginning filed in that year, proceedings relating to maritime laws are identified as civil cases.

Law

As courts of common law jurisdiction, the U.S. district courts have possessed exclusive original jurisdiction over all seizures on land made under federal laws (libel in rem proceedings); exclusive original jurisdiction over suits for penalties and forfeitures incurred under federal laws (scire facias proceedings); concurrent jurisdiction with state courts and U.S. circuit courts over cases where an alien sued for a legal remedy when a law of nations or a treaty of the United States had been violated; concurrent jurisdiction with U.S. circuit courts in suits at common law where the United States sued under the authority of an act of Congress; and exclusive original jurisdiction over suits against foreign consuls and vice consuls. Most law cases relate to scire facias or libel in rem proceedings. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, effective in 1938 after their adoption by the Supreme Court, prescribed uniform procedures for law and equity cases, with one form of action to be known as "civil action."

Equity

The basis of equity jurisdiction in the federal courts is laid in the provisions of the Constitution and the laws of the United States. This jurisdiction, as provided in section 16 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, is not exercised in any case where a "plain, adequate, and complete remedy may be had at law." This jurisdiction was in large part regulated by rules first prescribed in 1822 by the Supreme Court. The rules were replaced by additional sets of rules adopted in 1842 and again in 1913. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, effective in 1938 after their adoption by the Supreme Court, prescribed uniform procedures for law and equity cases, with one form of action to be known as "civil action."

Criminal

The Judiciary Act of 1798 conferred very limited criminal jurisdiction upon the United States district courts. Proceedings that might result in sentences of hard labor or death were to be tried in the United States circuit courts. On August 23, 1842, Congress amended the Judiciary Act by extending the criminal jurisdiction of the district courts to all non-capital crimes and offenses against the United States.

Naturalization

From 1790 to 1906 federal, state, and local courts were the sole administrators of naturalization laws. A major change in the naturalization laws occurred when Congress passed an act on June 29, 1906, establishing a Bureau of Immigration and Naturalization which was charged with examining all petitions for naturalization and issuing recommendations to the courts that would make final determinations of citizenship. Petitioners for citizenship were required to furnish more personal information than previously had been required.

This preliminary inventory describes approximately 1971 cubic feet of records of the United States district and circuit courts for the Eastern District of Texas that have been accessioned by the National Archives at Fort Worth. They cover a period from 1879-1981. Related records in the custody of the National Archives at Fort Worth include Records of United States Courts of Appeals (Record Group 276), Fifth Circuit, and Records of United States Attorneys and Marshals (Record Group 118). Frank R. Kemerer has written a biography of one of the Eastern District's prominent judges in William Wayne Justice: A Judicial Biography (Austin: University of Texas Press, 1991).

 

United States District Courts

United States Circuit Courts

United States District Courts

Beaumont Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, 1897 - 1918 4504547 21-ETX-001
Minutes, 2/1897 - 12/1973 4504560 21-ETX-001A
Index to Execution Docket, 1898-1900 4504565 21-ETX-001B
Admiralty and Law Final Record Book, 1898 - 1909 4504567 21-ETX-001C

Admiralty Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Admiralty Order Books, ca. 1897 - ca. 1917 4504568 21-ETX-002
Admiralty Order Books, 9/1897 - 3/1974 4504636 21-ETX-002A
Index to Docket, 1897 - 1907 4504642 21-ETX-002B
Admiralty Dockets, 1897 - 1966 581146 21-ETX-002C
Index to Plaintiffs and Defendants, 1955 - 1964 4504644 21-ETX-002D
Admiralty Case Files, 1898 - 1966 573245 21-ETX-002E

Civil Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Civil Orders, 1939 - 1976 4504659 21-ETX-005C
Civil Motion Docket Sheets, 1946 - 1951 4504661 21-ETX-005D
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1975 581150 21-ETX-006
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1989 * 573246 21-ETX-006A
Admiralty Orders, 1951 - 1978 4504662 21-ETX-006B
Docket Sheets, 1950 - 1968 4504663 21-ETX-006C

*Civil cases relating to the Spindletop oil field and asbestos litigation are listed in Appendix B.

Law and Equity Records

Criminal Records

Naturalization Records

Records of the United States Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Records of the Proceedings, 1953 - 1971 4504790 21-ETX-010K

Jefferson Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, ca. 1886 - ca. 1918 4504792 21-ETX-011
Minutes, 1879 - 1954 4504793 21-ETX-012
Motion Dockets, 1897 - 1907 4504794 21-ETX-013
Execution Dockets, 1879 - 1915 4504797 21-ETX-014
Index to Subpoenas, 1879 - 1903 4504798 21-ETX-015
Copies of Orders to Compensate Witnesses, 1881 - 1926 4504799 21-ETX-016
Final Record Books, 1879 - 1917 4504801 21-ETX-017
Copies of Orders to Pay Jurors, 1881 - 1926 4505609 21-ETX-018

Civil Records

See civil records for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Marshall Division.  An act of Congress in 1962 (76 Stat. 247) transferred court sessions from Jefferson to a new division in Marshall.  The Marshall court continued the numbering system for civil cases that was begun by the Jefferson court.

Law and Equity Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Copies of Bonds in Law and Equity Cases, 1881 - 1921 4505626 21-ETX-023
Index to Law and Equity Dockets, 1927 - 1936 4505628 21-ETX-024
Index to Equity Minutes, 1884 - 1899 4505632 21-ETX-025
Equity Minutes, 1879 - 1945 4505639 21-ETX-026
Equity Dockets, 1904 - 1939 4505642 21-ETX-027
Equity Case Files, 1879 - 1938 576613 21-ETX-027A
Law Term Docket, 1879 - 1910 4505644 21-ETX-028
Docket of Writs Processed, 1879 - 1910 4505649 21-ETX-029
Scire Facias Term Docket, 1884 - 1917 4505654 21-ETX-030
Law Dockets, 1879 - 1938 4505659 21-ETX-031
Law Case Files, 1881 - 1938 597274 21-ETX-031A
Index to Parties, 1881? - 1938? 4505884 21-ETX-032

Criminal Records

See Marshall Division for criminal dockets and case files.  A congressional act in 1962 (76 Stat. 247) transferred court sessions from Jefferson to the Marshall court, which continued the numbering system begun by the Jefferson court.

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Records of Proceedings Initiated, 1879 - 1926 4505960 21-ETX-033
Term Dockets, 1879 - 1907 4505963 21-ETX-034
Subpoena Docket, 1916 - 1927 4505966 21-ETX-035
Dockets of Writs Processed, 1879 - 1926 4505973 21-ETX-036
Records of Judgments Issued, 1890 - 1935 4506137 21-ETX-037
Records of Sentences Issued, 1890 - 1950 4506303 21-ETX-038
Copies of Appearance Bonds, 1881 - 1926 4506362 21-ETX-039
Index to Defendants, 1881? - 1926? 4506365 21-ETX-040

Records of the Clerk

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Copies of Letters Sent, 1889 - 1896 4506370 21-ETX-041

Records of the Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Dockets, 1877 - 1897 4506431 21-ETX-042
Records of Proceedings, 1877 - 1946 4506433 21-ETX-043

Lufkin Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Minutes, 1982 - 1986 4506435 21-ETX-043A
Civil Cases, 1981 - 1982 4696757 21-ETX-043C

Marshall Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Minutes, 1960 - 1983 5730808 21-ETX-043F
Records of Attorneys Admitted to Practice, 1879 - 1979 4507209 21-ETX-043G
Index to Law, Equity, Civil, Criminal, and Bankruptcy Proceedings, 1935 - 1963 5730810 21-ETX-043H

Civil Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Civil Docket Sheets, 1938 - 1982 4509549 21-ETX-044
Master List of Asbestos Cases, 1982 - 1990 5730813 21-ETX-044A
Civil Cases, 1938 - 1984 573383 21-ETX-045
Miscellaneous Civil Docket Sheets, 1985 - 1990 5730814 21-ETX-045A

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Criminal Dockets, 1879 - 1982 4509551 21-ETX-045B
Criminal Cases, 1879 - 1983 573384 21-ETX-045E

Paris Division

A fire in 1916 destroyed the United States courthouse in Paris and most of the records of the federal courts.  There is one extant criminal docket created as early as 1911.

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Minutes, 1916 - 1984 4509553 21-ETX-046
Index to Attorneys Admitted to Practice, 1919 - 1953 4509554 21-ETX-046A

Civil Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Civil Orders, 1975 - 1985 4509559 21-ETX-048A
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1984 4509571 21-ETX-049
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1977 573387 21-ETX-049A

Law and Equity Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Equity Minutes, 1921 - 1943 4509693 21-ETX-050
Records of Temporary Orders Issued, 1916 - 1930 4513343 21-ETX-051
Law and Equity Dockets, 1917 - 1938 4513347 21-ETX-052
Equity Case Files, 1917 - 1938 573388 21-ETX-052A
Law Case Files, 1916 - 1938 597276 21-ETX-052B

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Criminal Orders, 1916 - 1938 4513354 21-ETX-052C
Records of Judgments Issued, 1923 - 1939 4513358 21-ETX-053
Records of Sentences Issued, 1923 - 1939 4513362 21-ETX-054
Criminal Dockets, 1911 - 1984 4513389 21-ETX-055
Criminal Case Files, 1917 - 1977 573389 21-ETX-055A

Naturalization Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Petitions, 1909 - 1928 4513395 21-ETX-055B

Records of the United States Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Dockets, 1936 - 1943 4513401 21-ETX-055D
Records of Proceedings, 1889 - 1968 4513404 21-ETX-056
Copies of Appearance Bonds, 1917 - 1920 4513407 21-ETX-056A

Sherman Division

General Records

Civil Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1953 583227 21-ETX-061D
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1976 574344 21-ETX-061E
Register of Denison Dam Cases, 1939 - 1952 4576261 21-ETX-061F

Law and Equity Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Law and Equity Judgment Dockets, 1922 - 1936 4576262 21-ETX-061G
Equity Minutes, 1901 - 1940 4576263 21-ETX-061H
Equity Rules, 1906 - 1911 4576264 21-ETX-062
Equity Dockets, 1907 - 1938 583230 21-ETX-062A
Index to Equity Final Record Books, ca. 1901 - ca. 1919 4576265 21-ETX-063
Equity Final Record Books, 1901 - 1919 4576266 21-ETX-064
Equity Case Files, 1905 - 1938 574365 21-ETX-064C
Indexes to Law and Equity Dockets, 1901? - 1940? 4576267 21-ETX-064D
Law Dockets, 1902 - 1938 4576268 21-ETX-064E
Law Case Files, 1902 - 1938 597277 21-ETX-064F

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Criminal Orders, 3/1938 - 6/1950 4576269 21-ETX-064H
Criminal Dockets, 1907 - 1953 4576271 21-ETX-064I
Criminal Term Dockets, 1901 - 1907 4576272 21-ETX-065
Criminal Judgments, 1/3/1923 - 12/27/1937 4576273 21-ETX-065A
Criminal Sentences, 1/3/1923 - 12/27/1937 4576275 21-ETX-065B
Index to Parties, 1907? - 1953? 4576277 21-ETX-066
Criminal Case Files, 1901 - 1976 574367 21-ETX-066B

Records of the United States Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Dockets, 1950 - 1950 4576281 21-ETX-066C
Records of Proceedings, 1901 - 1946 4576282 21-ETX-068
Grand Jury Report, 1905 - 1921 4576283 21-ETX-068A
Copies of Appearance Bonds, 1901 - 1917 4576284 21-ETX-069

Texarkana Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, ca. 1903 - ca. 1918 4684613 21-ETX-069A
Minutes, 3/1903 - 3/1924 4684614 21-ETX-069B
Index to Civil and Criminal Cases, ca. 1935 - ca. 1943 4684615 21-ETX-069C
Index to Judgments, 1923 - 1942 4684616 21-ETX-069D
Copies of Bonds Issued in Law, Equity and Criminal Cases, 1904 - 1925 4684622 21-ETX-069E
Execution Dockets, 1905 - 1926 4684628 21-ETX-069F
Motion Docket, ca. 1906 - ca. 1906 4684631 21-ETX-069G
Final Record Book, 1905 - 1917 4684636 21-ETX-069H

Civil Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1953 584643 21-ETX-069N
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1976 576357 21-ETX-069P

Law and Equity Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Equity Minutes, 1903 - 1924 4684641 21-ETX-069Q
Equity Minutes, 6/1903 - 11/1924 4684642 21-ETX-069R
Equity Rules and Orders, 1903 - 1920 4684643 21-ETX-069S
Equity Final Record Book, 1908 - 1919 4684645 21-ETX-069T
Equity Dockets, 1903 - 1938 584645 21-ETX-069U
Equity Case Files, 1923 - 1938 576366 21-ETX-069V
Law Dockets, 1907 - 1938 4684647 21-ETX-069W
Law Case Files, 1917 - 1938 597278 21-ETX-069X

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Copies of Verdicts and Defendants Pleas, 1922 - 1937 4685755 21-ETX-069Y
Final Record Book, 1917 - 1920 4685756 21-ETX-069Z
Copies of Appearance Bonds in Criminal Cases, 1903 - 1925 4685757 21-ETX-069AA
Criminal Docket, 1903 - 1953 4685758 21-ETX-069BB
Criminal Case Files, 1903 - 1971 576380 21-ETX-069CC

Records of the United States Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Docket, 1929 - 1950 4685761 21-ETX-069DD
Records of Proceedings, 1903 - 1946 4685762 21-ETX-069EE

Naturalization Records

Naturalization proceedings were discontinued at the Texarkana court on May 16, 1961.

Tyler Division

A fire in 1878 destroyed the earlier Tyler records.

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, 1878 - 1912 4685764 21-ETX-069JJ
Minutes, 1884 - 1987 4685765 21-ETX-070
Execution Docket, 1878 - 1879 4685768 21-ETX-071
Index to Subpoenas, 1879 - 1885 4685769 21-ETX-072
Motion Docket Sheets, 1946 - 1951 4685771 21-ETX-072A
Index to Sureties, 1878? - 1951? 4685773 21-ETX-073
Final Record Books, 1878 - 1917 4685775 21-ETX-074
Index to Attorneys, 1873 - 1963 4685777 21-ETX-074A

Civil Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Civil Dockets, 1938 - 1983 584083 21-ETX-079
Civil Case Files, 1938 - 1977 574220 21-ETX-079A
Select Non-Trial Civil Case Files, 1976 - 1994 6785562 21-ETX-079B

Law and Equity Records

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Criminal Minutes, 1932 - 1952 4688209 21-ETX-094
Criminal Term Dockets, 1878 - 1907 4688210 21-ETX-095
Criminal Motion Dockets, 1894 - 1907 4688211 21-ETX-096
Records of Judgments Issued, 1923 - 1931 4688212 21-ETX-097
Records of Sentences Issued, 1923 - 1932 4688316 21-ETX-098
Criminal Dockets, ca. 1878 - 1984 4688219 21-ETX-099
Criminal Case Files, 1878 - 1977 574272 21-ETX-100
Criminal Final Record Book, 1898 - 1904 4688220 21-ETX-100A
Index to Criminal Cases, 1879? - 1984? 4688225 21-ETX-100B

Naturalization Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Letters and Circulars, 1906 - 1911 4688245 21-ETX-101

Records of the United States Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Records of Proceedings, 1932 - 1960 4688249 21-ETX-102

Circuit Courts for the Eastern District of Texas

Beaumont Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, ca. 1897 - ca. 1911 4696760 21-ETX-103
Minutes, 1897 - 1911 4696763 21-ETX-104

Jefferson Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, ca. 1879 - ca. 1912 4696783 21-ETX-108
Minutes, 1879 - 1912 4696785 21-ETX-109
Witness Certificate Stubs, ca. 1890 - ca. 1903 4696787 21-ETX-110
Final Record Books, 1879 - 1911 4696791 21-ETX-111

Law and Equity Records

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Docket of Writs Processed, 1886 - 1890 4696876 21-ETX-122
Copies of Appearance Bonds, 1882 - 1897 4696877 21-ETX-123
Index to Docket, 1882 - 1887 4696878 21-ETX-124
Docket, 1882 - 1897 4696879 21-ETX-125
Case Files, 1889 - 1898 4696880 21-ETX-125A

Sherman Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, 1901 - 1912 4696882 21-ETX-126
Minutes, 1901 - 1914 4696883 21-ETX-126A

Law and Equity Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Record of Bonds, 1901 - 1928 4696885 21-ETX-126B
Index to Minutes, 1901? - 1912? 4696887 21-ETX-127
Law and Equity Dockets, 1903 - 1907 4696889 21-ETX-127A
Index to Dockets, 1901? - 1912? 4696890 21-ETX-128
Equity Term Dockets, 1901 - 1907 4696893 21-ETX-129
Equity Order Book, 1901 - 1912 4696894 21-ETX-130
Index to Judgments, 1901? - 1907? 4696895 21-ETX-131
Index to Law Dockets, ca. 1901 - ca. 1906 4696896 21-ETX-132
Dockets, 1901 - 1912 4700052 21-ETX-133
Index to Final Record Book, ca. 1902 - ca. 1911 4700053 21-ETX-134
Final Record Book, 1901 - 1911 4700056 21-ETX-135

Texarkana Division

General Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Minutes, ca. 1903 - ca. 1911 4700059 21-ETX-135A
Minutes, 1903 - 1911 4700060 21-ETX-135B

Law and Equity Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Law and Equity Minutes, 1903 - 1912 4700061 21-ETX-135C
Index to Plaintiffs and Defendants, 1903? - 1912? 4700062 21-ETX-135D
Law and Equity Final Record Book, 1903 - 1912 4700063 21-ETX-135E
Law Dockets, 1903 - 1912 4700064 21-ETX-135F

Tyler Division

General Records

Law and Equity Records

Criminal Records

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Execution Docket, ca. 1879 - ca. 1905 4700125 21-ETX-153
Execution Docket, 1879 - 1905 4700127 21-ETX-154
Docket, 1879 - 1911 4700129 21-ETX-155

Records of the United States Commissioner

Series Title NARA ID Local Identifier
Index to Commissioner, 1879 - 1910 4700131 21-ETX-156

Appendix A

Judicial Districts of Texas

Northern District

Court Division Creating Date
Abilene Acts of June 11, 1896 (29 Stat. 456)
Amarillo Act of February 14, 1908 (35 Stat. 8)
*Dallas Act of February 24, 1879 (20 Stat. 318)
Fort Worth Act of June 11, 1896 (29 Stat. 456)
Graham Act of February 24, 1879 (20 Stat. 318)
Graham Transferred to Abilene by act of June 11, 1896 (29 Stat. 456)
Lubbock Act of May 26, 1928 (45 Stat. 747)
San Angelo Act of June 11, 1896 (29 Stat. 456)
Wichita Falls Act of February 26, 1917 (39 Stat. 939)

Southern District

Court Division Creating Date
Brownsville

Act of March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. 618)

Brownsville Transferred to the Eastern District by act of February 21, 1857 (11 Stat. 164)
Brownsville Transferred to the Southern District by act of March 11, 1902 (32 Stat. 120)
Corpus Christi Act of May 29, 1912 (37 Stat. 68)
Galveston Act of December 29, 1845 (9 Stat. 1)
Galveston Transferred to the Eastern District by act of February 21, 1857 (11 Stat. 164)
Galveston Transferred to the Southern District by act of March 11, 1902 (32 Stat. 120)
*Houston Act of March 11, 1902 (32 Stat. 68)
Laredo Act of March 2, 1899 (30 Stat. 1002)
Laredo Transferred from the Western District by act of March 11, 1902 (32 Stat. 68)
Victoria Act of April 18, 1906 (34 Stat. 122)

Western District

Court Division Creating Date
Austin Act of March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. 618)
Austin Transferred to the Western District by act of February 21, 1857 (11 Stat. 164)
Del Rio Act of June 9, 1906 (34 Stat. 226)
El Paso Act of June 3, 1884 (23 Stat. 35)
Midland Act of December 18, 1967 (81 Stat. 661)
Pecos Act of February 5, 1913 (37 Stat. 663)
*San Antonio Act of February 24, 1879 (20 Stat. 318)
Waco Act of February 24, 1879 (20 Stat. 318)
Waco Transferred to the Western District by act of March 11, 1902 (32 Stat. 6l8)

Eastern Division

Court Division Creating Date
Beaumont Act of February 8, 1897 (29 Stat. 516)
Jefferson Act of February 24, 1879 (20 Stat. 318)
Jefferson Transferred to Marshall by act of July 27, 1962 (76 Stat. 247)
Lufkin Act of October 15, 1980 (94 Stat. 2053)
Marshall Act of July 27, 1962 (76 Stat. 247)
Paris Act of March 6, 1889 (25 Stat. 798)
Sherman Act of February 19, 1901 (32 Stat. 798)
Texarkana Act of March 2, 1903 (32 Stat. 927)
*Tyler Act of March 3, 1851 (9 Stat. 61)
Tyler Transferred to the Western District by act of February 21, 1857 (11 Stat. 164)
Tyler Transferred to the Eastern District by act of February 24, 1879 (20 Stat. 318)

* Headquarters for the district.

Appendix B

Asbestos Litigation

Beaumont Civil 5402 Claude Tomplait v. Combustion Engineering
Beaumont Civil 6329 Samuel R. Potter v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.
Beaumont Civil 6449 Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.
Beaumont Civil 6492 J.J. Crawford v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corp.
U.S. Court of Appeals 76-1492 Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products

Spindletop Cases

Humpries Survey

Beaumont CL 90 Heirs of Pelham Humpries v. H. Masterson, et.al.
Beaumont CL 1598 Fred Bickford, guardian for Polly Dykes v. Yount Lee Oil Co., McFadden Trust Co., et.al.
Beaumont CL 1782 Polly Dykes, by Guardian v. Stanolind Oil and Gas Co., et.al.
Beaumont CL 1786 Oscar Wiley Humphries, et.al v. Yount-Lee Oil Co., et.al.
Beaumont EQ 428 Fall Corporation vs. Yount Lee Oil Co.
Beaumont CA 1217 King, et.al. v. Yount-Lee Oil Co., et.al.
Beaumont CA 1511 L.B. Glover, et.al. v. Mrs. W.P.H. McFadden, et. al.
Beaumont CA 2803 Ether Humphrey v. Stanolind Oil and Gas
Beaumont CA 4901 Eura Mae Higginbotham Green v. Texas Gulf Sulphur Co.
Beaumont CA 4916 Rosa Ella Graham Beasley, et.al. v. W.P.H. McFadden, et.al.
Beaumont CA 4982 Rosa Ella Graham Beasley, et.al. v. W.P.H. McFadden, et.al.
Beaumont CA B-82-917 James Clark and Dan Profitt v. County and State Probate Court
Beaumont CA B-89-0023 Peregoy v. Amoco Production Co.

Veatch Survey

Beaumont CL 93 Annie Trench, et.al. v. Gladys City Oil and Manufacturing Co., et.al.
Beaumont EQ 20 Annie Snow v. Higgins Oil and Gas Co.
Beaumont EQ 25 Annie Snow v. Higgins Oil and Fuel Co.
Beaumont EQ 26 George W. Howell v. Gladys City Oil, Gas and Mfg. Co.
Beaumont EQ 38 Annie and Frederick Trench v. Gladys City Oil, Gas, and Mfg. Co.

Cunningham Survey

Beaumont EQ 21 Lawrence Hyde, et.al. v. William P.H. McFadden, et.al.

Grange Survey

Beaumont EQ 49 J.M. McClure, et.al. v. George A. Emery
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