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by 12 Stat. 576, and on
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was established on July 1, 1836, by 5 Stat. 61, with a single judgeship. The district court was not assigned to a judicial circuit, but was granted the same jurisdiction as
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Appeals from the Western District of Michigan are taken to the
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3849:Court of International Trade
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659:United States v. Ogoshi
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610:Brown v. Davenport
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