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

Prepared Pursuant to RSA 410059 between the Alaska Court System and the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. 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 Scan...

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Main Author: Naske, Claus M.
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Published: 1985
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11122/2229
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Summary:Prepared Pursuant to RSA 410059 between the Alaska Court System and the Geophysical Institute, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska. 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