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District of Connecticut

Honorable Alvin W. Thompson, Chief Judge
Robin D. Tabora, Clerk of Court

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History of the Court

U.S. Post Office and U.S. Court House, Hartford CT (1933). The U.S. District Court for the District of Connecticut met here until 1963

Notes on the History of the Federal Court of Connecticut

Amistad Case Opens in Supreme Court

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