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United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (in
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W.D. Ky.) is the federal district court for the western part of the state of
KentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
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Appeals from the Western District of Kentucky are taken to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
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patentA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention....
claims and claims against the U.S. government under the
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Jurisdiction includes the following
KentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
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AdairAdair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1802. As of 2000, the population is 17,244. Its county seat is Columbia, Kentucky...
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AllenAllen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 17,800. Its county seat is Scottsville, Kentucky. The county is named for Colonel John Allen, who was killed at the Battle of Frenchtown, Michigan during the War of 1812. Allen County is a prohibition or...
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BallardBallard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1842. As of 2000, the population is 8,286. Its county seat is Wickliffe, Kentucky. The county is named for Captain Bland Ballard, a member of the Kentucky General Assembly...
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BarrenBarren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2007, the population was 41,184. Its county seat is Glasgow, Kentucky. The county is part of the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area....
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BreckinridgeBreckinridge County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1800. As of 2000, the population was 18,648. Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky. The county is named for John Breckinridge , Kentucky Attorney General, Legislator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General...
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BullittBullitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky, just south of the city of Louisville. It is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bullitt is one of the fastest growing counties in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The population was...
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ButlerButler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1810, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. As of 2000, the population was 13,010. Its county seat is Morgantown, Kentucky. Butler is a prohibition or dry county....
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CaldwellCaldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1809. As of 2000, the population was 13,060. Its county seat is Princeton, Kentucky. The county is named for John Caldwell, who participated in the George Rogers Clark Indian Campaign of 1786 and was the second...
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CallowayCalloway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1823. As of 2000, the population was 35,421. Its county seat is Murray, Kentucky. The county is named for Colonel Richard Callaway, one of the founders of Boonesborough...
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CarlisleCarlisle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1886 and as of 2000, had a population of 5,351. Its county seat is Bardwell, Kentucky. The county is named for John Griffin Carlisle, a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. Carlisle...
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CaseyCasey County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was formed in 1807. As of 2000, the population was 15,447. Its county seat is Liberty, Kentucky. The county is named for Colonel William Casey. It is the only Kentucky county entirely in Knobs region. Casey County is home to...
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ChristianChristian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1797. As of 2000, its population was 72,265. Its county seat is Hopkinsville, Kentucky...
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ClintonClinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1836. As of 2000, the population was 9,634. Its name is in honor of the seventh Governor of New York State, DeWitt Clinton. Its county seat is Albany, Kentucky and it is a prohibition or dry county. .- Geography...
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CrittendenCrittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.It was formed in 1842. As of 2000, the population was 9,384. Its county seat is Marion. The county is named for John J. Crittenden who was Governor of Kentucky 1848-1850. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :According...
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CumberlandCumberland County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,147. Its county seat is Burkesville, Kentucky. The county is named for the Cumberland River; it is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :According to the...
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DaviessDaviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1815. The population estimate for 2008 is 94,418. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Owensboro. The county is named for Colonel Joseph Hamilton Daviess, the U.S...
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EdmonsonEdmonson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1826. As of 2007, the population was 11,978. It is included in the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Brownsville...
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FultonFulton County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1845 from Hickman County, Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 7,752. Its county seat is Hickman. The county is named for Robert Fulton. Pro-Confederate during the American Civil War, Fulton County saw...
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GravesGraves County is located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was formed in 1824. As of 2000, the population was 37,028. Its county seat is Mayfield. The county is named for Major Benjamin Franklin Graves, soldier in the War of 1812...
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GraysonGrayson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1810. As of 2000, the population was 24,053. Its county seat is Leitchfield. The county is named for William Grayson. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :...
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GreenGreen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1793. As of 2000, the population was 11,518. Its county seat is Greensburg. The county is named for Nathanael Greene. Green is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :...
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HancockHancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1829. As of 2000, the population was 8,392. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Hawesville. The county is named for John Hancock...
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HardinHardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1793. As of 2008, the population was 98,546. Its county seat is at Elizabethtown. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area....
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HartHart County is a county located in the U.S. state — or, more correctly, "Commonwealth" — of Kentucky. It was formed in 1819. , the population was 17,445. Its county seat is Munfordville. The county is named for Captain Nathaniel G.T. Hart, a Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812...
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HendersonHenderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2006, the population was 45,666. The county seat is the City of Henderson. The county was named for Colonel Richard Henderson who originally purchased 17,000,000 acres of land from the Cherokee...
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HickmanHickman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1822. The elevation in the county ranges from to above sea level. As of 2000, the population was 5,262. Its county seat is Clinton. It is the least densely populated county in the state and is a prohibition or...
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HopkinsHopkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1807. As of 2000, the population was 46,519. Its county seat is Madisonville. The county is named for General Samuel Hopkins, an officer in both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and later a Kentucky legislator...
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JeffersonJefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the most populous county in Kentucky and is more than twice as populous as the second most populous, Fayette. It was formed in 1780. As of 2008, the population estimate recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 713,887. In...
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LarueLaRue County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 13,373. Its county seat is Hodgenville. LaRue is a prohibition or dry county.....
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LivingstonLivingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 9,804. Its county seat is Smithland. The county is named for Robert R. Livingston. It is a prohibition or dry county....
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LoganLogan County is a county located in the southwest area of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 26,573. Its county seat is Russellville. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, a Revolutionary War militia colonel and local leader....
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LyonLyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 8,080. Its county seat is Eddyville. The county is named for Chittenden Lyon....
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MarionMarion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 18,212. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county is named for Francis Marion.- Geography :...
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MarshallMarshall County is located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 30,125. The 2007 Census Bureau population estimate was 31,258. Its county seat is Benton. The county is named for John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835...
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McCrackenMcCracken County is a county located in the Jackson Purchase, the extreme western end of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 65,514. The county seat and largest city is Paducah....
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McLeanMcLean County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky; its population was 9,938 in the 2000 Census. McLean County's county seat is at Calhoun....
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MeadeMeade County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 26,349. Its county seat is Brandenburg. Meade County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
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MetcalfeMetcalfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 10,037. Its county seat is Edmonton. The county is named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky in 1828-32. It is a prohibition or dry county....
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MonroeMonroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 11,756. Its county seat is Tompkinsville. The county is named for President James Monroe. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :According to the U.S...
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MuhlenbergMuhlenberg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 31,839. The county is named for Peter Muhlenberg. Its county seat is Greenville....
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NelsonNelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 37,477. In 2006 the population was estimated at 42,102. Its county seat is Bardstown...
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OhioOhio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 22,916. Its county seat is Hartford. The county is named for the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary. It is a prohibition or dry county....
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OldhamOldham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2007, the population was 55,935. Its county seat is La Grange. The county is named for Colonel William Oldham...
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RussellRussell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,315. Its county seat is Jamestown. The county is named for William Russell. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :...
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SimpsonSimpson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,405. Its county seat is Franklin. The county is named for Captain John Simpson, a Kentucky militia officer who fought in Battle of Fallen Timbers in the Northwest Indian War, and was killed in the...
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SpencerSpencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed from land from nearby existing counties in 1824. As of 2008, the estimated population was 17,382. Its county seat is Taylorsville. The county was named for Spier Spencer. Taylorsville Lake, located primarily within...
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TaylorTaylor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 22,927. Its county seat is Campbellsville. The county is named for President Zachary Taylor, who served from 1849 to 1850...
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ToddTodd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 11,971. Its county seat is Elkton. The county is named after John Todd, an early frontier military figure. - Geography :According to the U.S...
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TriggTrigg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1820. As of 2000, the population was 12,597. Its county seat is Cadiz. The county is named for Stephen Trigg, a frontier officer in the American Revolutionary War who died in the Battle of Blue Licks...
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UnionUnion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1811. As of 2000, the population was 15,637. Its county seat is Morganfield.- Geography :...
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WarrenWarren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky, specifically the Pennyroyal Plateau and Western Coal Fields regions. It is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2008, the population of Warren County was estimated to be 105,862. The county...
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WashingtonWashington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 10,916. Its county seat is Springfield. The county is named for George Washington. Washington County was the first county formed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky when it reached statehood...
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WebsterWebster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. According to http://www.kygenweb.net/counties/formation.html, Webster County was formed from parts of the Counties of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union in 1860. As of 2000, the population is 14,120. Its county seat is Dixon. The...
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The United States District Court for the District of Kentucky was one of the original 13 courts established by the
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The
United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky (in
case citationCase citation is the system used in many countries to identify the decisions in past court cases, either in special series of books called reporters or law reports, or in a 'neutral' form which will identify a decision wherever it was reported...
s,
W.D. Ky.) is the federal district court for the western part of the state of
KentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
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Appeals from the Western District of Kentucky are taken to the
United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
(except for
patentA patent is a set of exclusive rights granted by a state to an inventor or their assignee for a limited period of time in exchange for a public disclosure of an invention....
claims and claims against the U.S. government under the
Tucker ActThrough the Tucker Act , the United States government has waived its sovereign immunity with respect to certain lawsuits....
, which are appealed to the
Federal CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit is a United States court of appeals headquartered in Washington, D.C....
).
Jurisdiction
Jurisdiction includes the following
KentuckyThe Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. Kentucky is a Southern state situated in the Upland South, although the state is infrequently placed, geographically and culturally, in the Midwest. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a...
counties:
AdairAdair County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1802. As of 2000, the population is 17,244. Its county seat is Columbia, Kentucky...
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AllenAllen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 17,800. Its county seat is Scottsville, Kentucky. The county is named for Colonel John Allen, who was killed at the Battle of Frenchtown, Michigan during the War of 1812. Allen County is a prohibition or...
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BallardBallard County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1842. As of 2000, the population is 8,286. Its county seat is Wickliffe, Kentucky. The county is named for Captain Bland Ballard, a member of the Kentucky General Assembly...
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BarrenBarren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2007, the population was 41,184. Its county seat is Glasgow, Kentucky. The county is part of the Glasgow Micropolitan Statistical Area....
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BreckinridgeBreckinridge County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1800. As of 2000, the population was 18,648. Its county seat is Hardinsburg, Kentucky. The county is named for John Breckinridge , Kentucky Attorney General, Legislator, U.S. Senator, U.S. Attorney General...
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BullittBullitt County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky, just south of the city of Louisville. It is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. Bullitt is one of the fastest growing counties in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The population was...
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ButlerButler County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1810, becoming Kentucky's 53rd county. As of 2000, the population was 13,010. Its county seat is Morgantown, Kentucky. Butler is a prohibition or dry county....
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CaldwellCaldwell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1809. As of 2000, the population was 13,060. Its county seat is Princeton, Kentucky. The county is named for John Caldwell, who participated in the George Rogers Clark Indian Campaign of 1786 and was the second...
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CallowayCalloway County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1823. As of 2000, the population was 35,421. Its county seat is Murray, Kentucky. The county is named for Colonel Richard Callaway, one of the founders of Boonesborough...
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CarlisleCarlisle County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1886 and as of 2000, had a population of 5,351. Its county seat is Bardwell, Kentucky. The county is named for John Griffin Carlisle, a Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from Kentucky. Carlisle...
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CaseyCasey County is a county located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was formed in 1807. As of 2000, the population was 15,447. Its county seat is Liberty, Kentucky. The county is named for Colonel William Casey. It is the only Kentucky county entirely in Knobs region. Casey County is home to...
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ChristianChristian County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1797. As of 2000, its population was 72,265. Its county seat is Hopkinsville, Kentucky...
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ClintonClinton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1836. As of 2000, the population was 9,634. Its name is in honor of the seventh Governor of New York State, DeWitt Clinton. Its county seat is Albany, Kentucky and it is a prohibition or dry county. .- Geography...
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CrittendenCrittenden County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky.It was formed in 1842. As of 2000, the population was 9,384. Its county seat is Marion. The county is named for John J. Crittenden who was Governor of Kentucky 1848-1850. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :According...
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CumberlandCumberland County is a county located in the state of Kentucky in the United States. It was formed in 1799. As of 2000, the population was 7,147. Its county seat is Burkesville, Kentucky. The county is named for the Cumberland River; it is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :According to the...
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DaviessDaviess County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1815. The population estimate for 2008 is 94,418. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Owensboro. The county is named for Colonel Joseph Hamilton Daviess, the U.S...
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EdmonsonEdmonson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1826. As of 2007, the population was 11,978. It is included in the Bowling Green Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Brownsville...
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FultonFulton County is the westernmost county of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1845 from Hickman County, Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 7,752. Its county seat is Hickman. The county is named for Robert Fulton. Pro-Confederate during the American Civil War, Fulton County saw...
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GravesGraves County is located in the U.S. Commonwealth of Kentucky. It was formed in 1824. As of 2000, the population was 37,028. Its county seat is Mayfield. The county is named for Major Benjamin Franklin Graves, soldier in the War of 1812...
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GraysonGrayson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1810. As of 2000, the population was 24,053. Its county seat is Leitchfield. The county is named for William Grayson. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :...
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GreenGreen County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1793. As of 2000, the population was 11,518. Its county seat is Greensburg. The county is named for Nathanael Greene. Green is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :...
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HancockHancock County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1829. As of 2000, the population was 8,392. It is included in the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its county seat is Hawesville. The county is named for John Hancock...
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HardinHardin County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1793. As of 2008, the population was 98,546. Its county seat is at Elizabethtown. Hardin County is part of the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area....
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HartHart County is a county located in the U.S. state — or, more correctly, "Commonwealth" — of Kentucky. It was formed in 1819. , the population was 17,445. Its county seat is Munfordville. The county is named for Captain Nathaniel G.T. Hart, a Kentucky militia officer in the War of 1812...
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HendersonHenderson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1799. As of 2006, the population was 45,666. The county seat is the City of Henderson. The county was named for Colonel Richard Henderson who originally purchased 17,000,000 acres of land from the Cherokee...
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HickmanHickman County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1822. The elevation in the county ranges from to above sea level. As of 2000, the population was 5,262. Its county seat is Clinton. It is the least densely populated county in the state and is a prohibition or...
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HopkinsHopkins County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1807. As of 2000, the population was 46,519. Its county seat is Madisonville. The county is named for General Samuel Hopkins, an officer in both the Revolutionary War and War of 1812, and later a Kentucky legislator...
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JeffersonJefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the most populous county in Kentucky and is more than twice as populous as the second most populous, Fayette. It was formed in 1780. As of 2008, the population estimate recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau is 713,887. In...
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LarueLaRue County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is included in the Elizabethtown, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2000, the population was 13,373. Its county seat is Hodgenville. LaRue is a prohibition or dry county.....
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LivingstonLivingston County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 9,804. Its county seat is Smithland. The county is named for Robert R. Livingston. It is a prohibition or dry county....
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LoganLogan County is a county located in the southwest area of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 26,573. Its county seat is Russellville. The county is named for Benjamin Logan, a Revolutionary War militia colonel and local leader....
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LyonLyon County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 8,080. Its county seat is Eddyville. The county is named for Chittenden Lyon....
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MarionMarion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 18,212. Its county seat is Lebanon. The county is named for Francis Marion.- Geography :...
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MarshallMarshall County is located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 30,125. The 2007 Census Bureau population estimate was 31,258. Its county seat is Benton. The county is named for John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States from 1801 to 1835...
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McCrackenMcCracken County is a county located in the Jackson Purchase, the extreme western end of the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 65,514. The county seat and largest city is Paducah....
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McLeanMcLean County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky; its population was 9,938 in the 2000 Census. McLean County's county seat is at Calhoun....
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MeadeMeade County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 26,349. Its county seat is Brandenburg. Meade County is part of the Louisville/Jefferson County, KY–IN Metropolitan Statistical Area....
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MetcalfeMetcalfe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 10,037. Its county seat is Edmonton. The county is named for Thomas Metcalfe, Governor of Kentucky in 1828-32. It is a prohibition or dry county....
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MonroeMonroe County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 11,756. Its county seat is Tompkinsville. The county is named for President James Monroe. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :According to the U.S...
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MuhlenbergMuhlenberg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 31,839. The county is named for Peter Muhlenberg. Its county seat is Greenville....
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NelsonNelson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 37,477. In 2006 the population was estimated at 42,102. Its county seat is Bardstown...
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OhioOhio County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 22,916. Its county seat is Hartford. The county is named for the Ohio River, which originally formed its northern boundary. It is a prohibition or dry county....
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OldhamOldham County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2007, the population was 55,935. Its county seat is La Grange. The county is named for Colonel William Oldham...
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RussellRussell County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,315. Its county seat is Jamestown. The county is named for William Russell. It is a prohibition or dry county.- Geography :...
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SimpsonSimpson County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 16,405. Its county seat is Franklin. The county is named for Captain John Simpson, a Kentucky militia officer who fought in Battle of Fallen Timbers in the Northwest Indian War, and was killed in the...
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SpencerSpencer County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed from land from nearby existing counties in 1824. As of 2008, the estimated population was 17,382. Its county seat is Taylorsville. The county was named for Spier Spencer. Taylorsville Lake, located primarily within...
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TaylorTaylor County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 22,927. Its county seat is Campbellsville. The county is named for President Zachary Taylor, who served from 1849 to 1850...
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ToddTodd County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population is 11,971. Its county seat is Elkton. The county is named after John Todd, an early frontier military figure. - Geography :According to the U.S...
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TriggTrigg County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1820. As of 2000, the population was 12,597. Its county seat is Cadiz. The county is named for Stephen Trigg, a frontier officer in the American Revolutionary War who died in the Battle of Blue Licks...
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UnionUnion County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It was formed in 1811. As of 2000, the population was 15,637. Its county seat is Morganfield.- Geography :...
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WarrenWarren County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky, specifically the Pennyroyal Plateau and Western Coal Fields regions. It is included in the Bowling Green, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of 2008, the population of Warren County was estimated to be 105,862. The county...
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WashingtonWashington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. As of 2000, the population was 10,916. Its county seat is Springfield. The county is named for George Washington. Washington County was the first county formed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky when it reached statehood...
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WebsterWebster County is a county located in the U.S. state of Kentucky. According to http://www.kygenweb.net/counties/formation.html, Webster County was formed from parts of the Counties of Henderson, Hopkins, and Union in 1860. As of 2000, the population is 14,120. Its county seat is Dixon. The...
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History
The United States District Court for the District of Kentucky was one of the original 13 courts established by the
Judiciary Act of 1789The United States Judiciary Act of 1789 was a landmark statute adopted on September 24, 1789 in the first session of the First United States Congress establishing the U.S. federal judiciary...
, 1 Stat. 73, on September 24, 1789. At the time, Kentucky was not yet a state, but was within the territory of the state of
VirginiaThe Commonwealth of Virginia is a U.S. state on the Atlantic Coast of the Southern United States. Virginia is nicknamed the "Old Dominion" and sometimes the "Mother of Presidents" because it is the birthplace of eight U.S. presidents. The geography and climate of the state are shaped by the Blue...
. The District was unchanged when Kentucky became a state on June 1, 1792. On February 13, 1801 the Judiciary Act of 1801, 2 Stat. 89, abolished the U.S. district court in Kentucky, but the repeal of this Act restored the District on March 8, 1802, 2 Stat. 132. The District was subdivided into
EasternThe United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is the Federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises approximately the Eastern half of the state of Kentucky....
and Western Districts on February 12, 1901, by 31 Stat. 781.
Meeting places
The court is based in
LouisvilleLouisville is Kentucky's largest city and county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's estimated population as of 2008 was 713,877 , with a population of 1,244,696 in the Louisville...
and also holds sessions in federal courthouses in
Bowling GreenBowling Green is the fourth-most populous city in the U.S. state of Kentucky after Louisville, Lexington, and Owensboro. The population was 55,097 in 2008. It is the county seat of Warren County and the principal city of the Bowling Green, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area with an estimated...
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OwensboroOwensboro is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky and the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about 32 miles southeast of Evansville, Indiana and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 55,512 at...
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PaducahPaducah is the largest city in Kentucky's Jackson Purchase Region and the county seat of McCracken County, Kentucky, United States. It is located at the confluence of the Tennessee River and the Ohio River. The population was 26,307 at the 2000 census...
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United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth CircuitThe United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:* Eastern District of Kentucky* Western District of Kentucky...
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Cincinnati, OhioCincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. The municipality is located north of the Ohio River at the Ohio-Kentucky border. The population within city limits was estimated to be 333,336 in 2008, making it the state's third largest city...
maintains appellate jurisdiction over the district.
U.S. Attorney
The
United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Kentucky represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the court. The current Acting
United States AttorneyUnited States Attorneys represent the United States federal government in United States district court and United States court of appeals. There are 93 U.S. Attorneys stationed throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, and the Northern Mariana Islands...
is Candace G. Hill.
Judges
- Judge Jennifer B. Coffman was appointed in 1993 to serve concurrently in both the Eastern and Western Districts of Kentucky, and maintains chambers in both Lexington and Louisville.
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Clifton Rhodes BratcherClifton Rhodes Bratcher was a United States federal judge.Bratcher was born in Morgantown, Kentucky. He received an LL.B. from the University of Louisville in 1947. He was in the United States Army Sergeant from 1941 to 1945. He was a County attorney of Butler County, Morgantown, Kentucky from...
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Henry Luesing BrooksHenry Luesing Brooks was a United States federal judge.Brooks was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He received an A.B. from the University of Wisconsin in 1927. He received an LL.B. from Jefferson School of Law in 1929. He was in private practice in Louisville, Kentucky from 1929 to 1954. He was a...
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Jennifer B. CoffmanJennifer B. Coffman is a United States federal judge.Coffman was born in Union City, Tennessee. She received a B.A. from the University of Kentucky in 1969. She received a M.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1971. She received a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1978. She...
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Charles I. DawsonCharles I. Dawson was a lawyer and politician from Kentucky who ran several high profile campaigns as the nominee of the Republican party, and served for ten years as a United States federal judge....
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Walter EvansWalter Evans was a U.S. Representative from Kentucky, nephew of Burwell Clark Ritter.-Biography:Born near Glasgow, Kentucky, Evans attended the public schools near Harrodsburg, Kentucky....
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James Fleming GordonJames Fleming Gordon was a United States federal judge.Gordon was born in Madisonville, Kentucky. He received an LL.B. from the University of Kentucky in 1941. He was in private practice in Madisonville, Kentucky from 1941 to 1942. He was in the United States Army from 1942 to 1945...
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Elwood HamiltonElwood Hamilton was a United States federal judge.Hamilton was born in Benson, Kentucky. He received an LL.B. from the University of Louisville in 1904. He was in private practice in Frankfort, Kentucky from 1905 to 1922. He was a Member, Kentucky General Assembly from 1912 to 1914...
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Edward Huggins JohnstoneEdward Huggins Johnstone is a United States federal judge.Johnstone was born in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He received a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1949. He was in the United States Army Sergeant, 9th Infantry Division from 1942 to 1945. He was in private practice in Princeton,...
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Joseph H. McKinley Jr.Joseph H. McKinley Jr. is a United States federal judge.McKinley was born in Owensboro, Kentucky. He received a B.S. from the University of Kentucky in 1976. He received a J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1979. He was in private practice in Owensboro, Kentucky from 1979 to...
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Ronald Edward MeredithRonald Edward Meredith was a United States federal judge.Meredith was born in Clarkson, Kentucky. He received a B.A. from Georgetown College in 1967. He received a J.D. from George Washington University Law School in 1971. He was a Minority counsel, U.S. Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on...
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Shackelford Miller, Jr.Shackelford Miller, Jr. was a United States federal judge.Miller was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He received an A.B. from Princeton University in 1914. He received an LL.B. from Harvard Law School in 1917...
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Charles Harwood MoormanCharles Harwood Moorman was a United States federal judge.Moorman was born in Big Spring, Kentucky. He read law in 1900. He was in private practice in Elizabethtown, Kentucky from 1900 to 1906. He was in private practice in Louisville, Kentucky from 1906 to 1921. Volunteer, American Red Cross,...
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Calvin CoolidgeJohn Calvin Coolidge, Jr. was the 30th President of the United States . A Republican lawyer from Vermont, Coolidge worked his way up the ladder of Massachusetts state politics, eventually becoming governor of that state. His actions during the Boston Police Strike of 1919 thrust him into the...
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Thomas B. RussellThomas B. Russell is a United States federal judge.Russell was born in Louisville, Kentucky. He received a B.A. from Western Kentucky University in 1967. He received a J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law in 1970...
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Bill ClintonWilliam Jefferson "Bill" Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. He was the third-youngest president; only Theodore Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy were younger when entering office...
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Roy Mahlon ShelbourneRoy Mahlon Shelbourne was a United States federal judge.Shelbourne was born in Bardwell, Kentucky. He received an A.B. from Union University, TN in 1912. He received an LL.B. from Cumberland University in 1913. He was in private practice in Bardwell, Kentucky from 1913 to 1927...
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Harry S. TrumanHarry S. Truman was the 33rd President of the United States . As President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third vice-president and the 34th Vice President of the United States, he succeeded to the presidency on April 12, 1945, when President Roosevelt died less than three months after beginning his...
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Eugene Edward Siler, Jr.Eugene Edward Siler, Jr. is a United States federal judge.-Biography:Siler was born in Williamsburg, Kentucky. He received a B.A. from Vanderbilt University in 1958. He received an LL.B. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1963. He received an LL.M. from Georgetown University Law...
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Gerald FordGerald Rudolph Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...
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Charles Ralph Simpson IIICharles Ralph Simpson III is a United States federal judge.Simpson was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received a B.A. from the University of Louisville in 1967. He received a J.D. from the University of Louisville School of Law in 1970. He was in private practice in Louisville, Kentucky from 1971 to...
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Ronald ReaganRonald Wilson Reagan was the 40th President of the United States and the 33rd Governor of California .Born in Tampico, Illinois, Reagan moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1930s...
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Mac SwinfordMac Swinford was a United States federal judge.Born in Cynthiana, Kentucky, Swinford attended the University of Virginia and read law in 1922, then graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law in 1925. He was in private practice in Cynthiana, Kentucky from 1922 to 1933...
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