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Relocation of U.S. Courts of Appeals Records (Record Groups 276) & U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Records (Record Group 503)

Starting in April, 2019, staff at the National Archives at Washington, DC. are moving approximately 8,800 cubic feet of U.S. Court of Appeals records and U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Records to Subtropolis, an archival facility that is an extension of the National Archives at Kansas City.  Similar records are already located in the Kansas City area. The relocation will facilitate more efficient archival research and public access to these records.

Records to be relocated are:

U.S. Courts of Appeals Records (Record Groups 276)

Title National Archives Catalog Identifier Cubic Feet
Case File Exhibit, 1921 - 1922 7787297 0.252
Clerks' Files of the Patent Appeals Jurisdiction, 1893 - 1929 7787331 36.288
Correspondence from Attorneys, 1955 - 1957 7787301 11.592
Disbarment Files, 1916 - 1955 7787306 2.016
Docket Books for the General Jurisdiction Case Files, 1893 - 1974 7787308 19.914
Docket of Appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court, 1893 - 1933 7787336 0.143
Docket of General Jurisdiction Opinions, 1893 - 1953 7787318 49.968
Docket of Original Jurisdiction Opinions, 1893 - 1953 7787320 0.504
Dockets for the Patent Jurisdiction, 1893 - 1929 7787323 1.095
Dockets of Original Jurisdiction Actions, 1893 - 1941 7787319 1.971
Emergency Court of Appeals Case Files, 1942 - 1962 6740959 134.963
General Appellate Jurisdiction Briefs and Appendices, 1893 - 1996 1127547 3470.479
General Appellate Jurisdiction Briefs and Appendices, 1894 - 1944 1128375 35.541
General Appellate Jurisdiction Case Files, 1893 - 2000 1127801 2333.43
General Docket Case Files and Transcripts, 1893 - 1956 6740939 1205.353
Judgment and Order Books, 1948 - 1978 85698393 18.396
Lists of Attorneys, 1893 - 1937 7787339 0.429
Mandates, 1895 - 1981 7787298 207.441
Meeting Records, 1948 - 1964 1128405 9.693
Minutes and Journals of the General Jurisdiction Case Files, 1893 - 1948 7787315 5.256
Minutes for the Patent Appeals Jurisdiction, 1893 - 1929 7787327 1.533
Minutes, 1938 - 1997 1128396 16.161
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Case Files, 1941 - 1975 1128311 105.93
Miscellaneous Jurisdiction Dockets, 1941 - 1972 1128290 3.374
Original Docket Clerk's Files, 1893 - 1943 6740951 162.036
Patent Appeals Case Files, 1893 - 1929 6740954 264.096
Patent Appellate Jurisdiction Briefs and Appendices, 1893 - 1947 1128376 94.776
Patent Appellate Jurisdiction Records Including Printed Briefs, 1893 - 1929 6740909 271.656
Printed Slip Opinions, 1932 - 1958 6740934 275.928
Proceedings and Orders Docket Cards, 1964 - 1994 84767136 28.002
Records Concerning Impounded Cases, 1925 - 1939 7774109 0.912
Records Related to Briefs and Clerk's Files, 1990 - 1995 85704388 0.816
Records Relating to the Judicial Conference, 1938 - 1971 85697869 47.892
Selected Opinions, 1944 - 1956 7787334 0.504

U.S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals Records (Record Group 503)

Title National Archives Catalog Identifier Cubic Feet
Docket Books, 1910-1967 624281 2.847
Attorney Rolls, 1911-1982 624304 0.99
Rough Notes, 1958-1982 624308 1.056
Patent Appeals Docket, 1926-1966 624281 2.628
Journal/Record, 1910-1979 624303 2.847
Cash Books, 1910-1966 624305 1.43
Opinions Issued, October 8, 1982-June 29, 1984 624308 0.143
Court Calendars, 1910-1986 624307 2.846
Account Ledgers, 1910-1955 626293 0.286

Estimated Closure Date at the National Archives at Washington, DC: April 26, 2019

Estimated Date Available to Researchers at the National Archives at Kansas City: July 31, 2019

Please keep in mind that the dates listed above are an estimate. If there is a significant change to this schedule we will post it in the consultation areas at the National Archives at College Park and the National Archives at Kansas City.

You can check the status of the records by contacting the National Archives at Kansas City in one of the following ways:

E-mail: kansascity.archives@nara.gov

or

Send a letter to:

National Archives at Kansas City (RM-KC)

400 West Pershing Road

Kansas City, MO 64108

Please contact the National Archives at Kansas City at least two business days in advance.

 

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