A History of the Alaska Federal District Court System, 1884-1959, and he Creation of the State Court System

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Naske, Claus M.
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http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2229
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Prepared Pursuant to RSA 410059 between the Alaska Court System and the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska.
Table of Contents
The First Organic Act of 1884 Creates a Judicial System -- The First U.S. District Court, Sitka -- Judge James Wickersham -- Judge Arthur H. Noyes and the Nome Scandals -- The Case of Vuco Perovich -- The Short and Unhappy Judgeship of Silas Hinkle Reid -- Pelagic Sealing in the Bering Sea -- Taking Care of Alaska's Insane -- Insanity is in the Eye of the Beholder -- Judge Charles E. Bunnell -- Moving the District Court From Valdez to Anchorage -- The Floating Court -- The Post World War II Period Strains Alaska's Judicial System -- The Creation of the Alaska State Court System -- Appendix A -- Appendix B
Date
1985-07
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