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[CITE: 28USC105]

 
               TITLE 28--JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE
 
                     PART I--ORGANIZATION OF COURTS
 
                       CHAPTER 5--DISTRICT COURTS
 
Sec. 105. Missouri

    Missouri is divided into two judicial districts to be known as the 
Eastern and Western Districts of Missouri.

                            Eastern District

    (a) The Eastern District comprises three divisions.

          (1) The Eastern Division comprises the counties of Crawford, 
                  Dent, Franklin, Gasconade, Iron, Jefferson, Lincoln, 
                  Maries, Phelps, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Saint 
                Genevieve, Saint Louis, Warren, and Washington, and the 
                                  city of Saint Louis.

          Court for the Eastern Division shall be held at Saint Louis.

           (2) The Northern Division comprises the counties of Adair, 
                  Audrain, Chariton, Clark, Knox, Lewis, Linn, Macon, 
                   Marion, Monroe, Montgomery, Pike, Ralls, Randolph, 
                             Schuyler, Scotland, and Shelby.

           Court for the Northern Division shall be held at Hannibal.

            (3) The Southeastern Division comprises the counties of 
                  Bollinger, Butler, Cape Girardeau, Carter, Dunklin, 
                   Madison, Mississippi, New Madrid, Pemiscot, Perry, 
                 Reynolds, Ripley, Scott, Shannon, Stoddard, and Wayne.

           Court for the Southeastern Division shall be held at Cape 
                                       Girardeau.

                            Western District

    (b) The Western District comprises five divisions.

           (1) The Western Division comprises the counties of Bates, 
                Carroll, Cass, Clay, Henry, Jackson, Johnson, Lafayette, 
                              Ray, Saint Clair, and Saline.

          Court for the Western Division shall be held at Kansas City.

        (2) The Southwestern Division comprises the counties of Barton, 
                 Barry, Jasper, Lawrence, McDonald, Newton, Stone, and 
                                         Vernon.

          Court for the Southwestern Division shall be held at Joplin.

        (3) The Saint Joseph Division comprises the counties of Andrew, 
                Atchison, Buchanan, Caldwell, Clinton, Daviess, De Kalb, 
                  Gentry, Grundy, Harrison, Holt, Livingston, Mercer, 
                      Nodaway, Platte, Putnam, Sullivan, and Worth.

           Court for the Saint Joseph Division shall be held at Saint 
                                         Joseph.

           (4) The Central Division comprises the counties of Benton, 
                Boone, Callaway, Camden, Cole, Cooper, Hickory, Howard, 
                      Miller, Moniteau, Morgan, Osage, and Pettis.

         Court for the Central Division shall be held at Jefferson City.

           (5) The Southern Division comprises the counties of Cedar, 
                   Christian, Dade, Dallas, Douglas, Greene, Howell, 
                  Laclede, Oregon, Ozark, Polk, Pulaski, Taney, Texas, 
                                  Webster, and Wright.

          Court for the Southern Division shall be held at Springfield.

(June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 884; Pub. L. 87-461, May 31, 1962, 76 
Stat. 85; Pub. L. 96-462, Sec. 4(a), Oct. 15, 1980, 94 Stat. 2053.)


                      Historical and Revision Notes

    Based on title 28, U.S.C., 1940 ed., Sec. 171 (Mar. 3, 1911, ch. 
231, Sec. 91, 36 Stat. 1117; Dec. 22, 1911, ch. 8, 37 Stat. 51).
    Provisions for furnishing rooms and accommodations at Chillicothe 
were omitted as obsolete upon advice of Director of the Administrative 
Office of the United States Courts that Federal accommodations are now 
available in such place.
    ``Rolla'' was omitted as a place for holding court in the Eastern 
Division of the Eastern District, and the provision for furnishing 
quarters there without cost to the United States was also omitted on 
advice from the clerk of court that no term of court has been held there 
since 1920. All cases arising in Phelps county in which Rolla is 
situated are heard at St. Louis.
    Provisions relating to the maintenance of offices by the clerks and 
marshals or their deputies were omitted as covered by sections 452, 541 
[see 561], 542 [see 561], and 751 of this title.
    Changes in arrangement and phraseology were made.


                               Amendments

    1980--Subsec. (a)(1). Pub. L. 96-462, Sec. 4(a)(1), struck out 
references to Audrain and Montgomery counties in the list of counties 
comprising the Eastern Division of the Eastern District.
    Subsec. (a)(2). Pub. L. 96-462, Sec. 4(a)(2), added Audrain and 
Montgomery counties to the Northern Division of the Eastern District.
    1962--Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 87-461 transferred the counties of 
Caldwell, Grundy, Livingston, Mercer, Putnam, and Sullivan from the 
Western Division to the Saint Joseph Division, and omitted Chillicothe 
as a place for holding court.


           Effective Date of 1980 Amendment; Savings Provision

    Amendment by Pub. L. 96-462 effective Oct. 1, 1981, but not to 
affect the composition or preclude the service of any grand or petit 
juror summoned, empaneled, or actually serving in any judicial district 
on Oct. 1, 1981, see section 7 of Pub. L. 96-462, set out as a note 
under section 84 of this title.
    Section 4(b) of Pub. L. 96-462 provided that: ``The amendments made 
by subsection (a) [amending this section] shall not apply to any action 
commenced before the effective date of such amendments [Oct. 1, 1981] 
and pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District 
of Missouri on such date.''
