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George W. Geib and Donald B. Kite, Sr. Federal Justice in Indiana: The History of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society Press, 2007. Pp. 350. Glossary. Index. Notes. Cloth, $29.95.
This book details the history of federal courts in Indiana from the territorial period through the present. It was not until 1925 that Indiana's federal courts were divided into a northern district and a southern district, so the book necessarily includes the history shared by Indiana's two districts.	1
The first chapters do an excellent job of intertwining local and regional histories with the formation of Indiana's federal court. Familiar topics like slavery and the Civil War appear in relation to court events. President Jackson's appointment of former Indiana Supreme Court Judge Jesse Holman to the federal bench, for example, demonstrates how national concerns over slavery played a role in the history of Indiana's federal courts. The authors recount how Holman traveled all the way to Washington, D.C., to meet with President Jackson in order to lay to rest Jackson's worries about Holman's abolitionist tendencies.	. . .

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