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Street address Jurisdiction [1] First used Last used Notes District of Columbia City Hall †† 451 Indiana Avenue NW Various [2] 1823 1952 Now in use by local government. U.S. Supreme Court Bldg †† [3] 1 First Street NE U.S. Supreme Court (nationwide) 1935 present Howard T. Markey National Courts Bldg: 717 Madison Place NW Fed. Cir ...
After the federal government moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800, the court had no permanent meeting location until 1810. When the architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe had the second U.S. Senate chamber built directly on top of the first U.S. Senate chamber, the Supreme Court took up residence in what is now referred to as the Old Supreme Court Chamber from 1810 through 1860. [6]
The Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary Building is an administrative center for the federal court system located next to Union Station. Its construction completed the Columbus Circle area and was considered a long overdue addition to the Washington DC's Union Station and post office. [3]
District of Columbia Court of Appeals, equivalent to a state supreme court. Superior Court of the District of Columbia, local trial court of general jurisdiction; Federal courts located in Washington, D.C.
United States District Court for the District of Potomac (1801–1802; also contained pieces of Maryland and Virginia; extinct, reorganized) [4] References [ edit ]
E. Barrett Prettyman Federal Courthouse at 333 Constitution Avenue, N.W. in Washington, D.C.. The court was established by Congress in 1863 as the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, replacing the abolished circuit and district courts of the District of Columbia that had been in place since 1801.
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The court appointed its deputy clerk as special master to preside over the trial in Chattanooga with closing arguments made in Washington before the Supreme Court justices, who found nine individuals guilty of contempt, sentencing three to 90 days in jail and the rest to 60 days in jail. [184] [185] [186]