Dockets, Including Lancaster and Chambersburg District Dockets, 1800-1961

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Images of a record of cases brought before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania in the Middle District. Information provided about each case may include names of parties; a brief description of the case; an explanation regarding its origin; by what means it reached the Supreme Court (by writ of error, certiorari or appeal); where the case was filed; and amounts of court costs incurred. After 1810, the final decision of the court is also noted. The dockets also contain entries giving the location of the court for various sessions, and the names of the justices who presided; as well as notations of adjournment motions, rules adopted concerning payment made to the Court, and other court actions.

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Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: September term, 1804-June term, 1834, cases from Centre, Mifflin, Clearfield, and Huntingdon Counties awarded; May terms, 1811-1822, entering Lancaster; May terms, 1823-1825, entering Middle District; May terms, 1826-1829, entering Middle District; October terms, 1827-1829, rough copy, Southern District; October terms, 1828-1831, Chambersburg; Southern District Index, October terms, 1831-1832, and September terms, 1833-1834; May terms, 1833-1834, Lancaster, index; and May term, 1834, entering nos. 1-56, index.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: May terms, 1834-1842, entering Middle District, index and May terms, 1843-1853, Middle District, index.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: May terms, 1853-1854, including Lancaster, York, and Adams; May terms, 1854-1869, appearance, Lancaster, W.H. Miller, Prothonotary; and April and May terms, 1858-1863, Middle District.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: May terms, 1864-1867, Middle District, including lists of cases for argument and May 1870-October 18, 1877, equity.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: Index, May terms, 1870-1877, plaintiffs and defendants and May terms, 1878-1888, appearance, Middle District, index.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: June 22, 1905-September 30, 1936, registration of law students; May terms, 1888-1897 and May terms 1913-1918, appearance, Middle District, index; and May terms, 1919-1935, appearance, Middle District, index.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: May terms, 1936-1940, appearance, Middle District, index; May terms, 1937-1947, motion; and May terms, 1940-1955, appearance, Middle District.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: Index, May 1878-May 1939, appearance, Middle District and May terms, 1956-1961, motion, Middle District, including petitions for allocatur and miscellaneous dockets.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Courts--United States--Cases, Court records on microfilm
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Dockets: December term, 1800-November term, 1832, Lancaster District, index and September term, 1803-October term, 1830, Southern District, index.