United States District Court for the Canal Zone

The United States District Court for the Canal Zone (in case citations, D.C.Z.) is a defunct United States District Court.

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

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.

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Territorial courts	Guam Northern Mariana Islands Virgin Islands

Extinct courts	Former United States district courts United States District Court for the District of Orleans District of Potomac Eastern District of Illinois District of the Canal Zone District of China

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Territorial supreme courts	American Samoa District of Columbia Guam Northern Mariana Islands Puerto Rico United States Virgin Islands

Obsolete	Panama Canal Zone Philippine Islands

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