Savannah, Georgia
2 courts1 law school22+ judges1,794 opinions mention this place
Savannah is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Chatham County, Georgia, USA. The city of Savannah was established in 1733 and was the colonial capital of the Province of Georgia and later the first state capital of Georgia. Each year Savannah attracts millions of visitors, who enjoy the city's architecture and historic buildings: the birthplace of Juliette Gordon Low (founder of the Girl Scouts of the United States of America), the Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences (one of the South's first public museums), the First African Baptist Church (one of the oldest African American Baptist congregations in the United States), Temple Mickve Israel (the third-oldest synagogue in America), and the (the oldest standing antebellum rail facility in America). Today Savannah's downtown area, which includes the Savannah Historic District, the Savannah Victorian Historic District and 22 parklike squares, is one of the largest National Historic Landmark Districts in the United States (designated by the U.S. government in 1966). Savannah was the host city for the sailing competitions during the 1996 Summer Olympics held in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Federal courts in Savannah
- Georgia Southern District CourtDistrict Court
- Georgia Southern Bankruptcy CourtBankruptcy Court
Landmark decisions involving Savannah
- Price v. Georgia (1970)398 U.S. 323
- United States v. Darby Lumber Co. (1941)312 U.S. 100
- Gibbons v. Ogden (1824)22 U.S. 1
Most-cited decisions from Savannah courts
Ranked by citation influence (CAP PageRank).
- 150 F1D 817In re Erie Lumber Co. (1906)
- 37 F1D 470Erwin v. United States (1889)
- 239 F1D 590Johnson-Brown Co. v. Delaware, L. & W. R. (1917)
- 241 F1D 605Plettenberg, Holthaus & Co. v. I. J. Kalmon & Co. (1917)
- 113 F1D 683United States v. Greene (1902)
- 39 F1D 599In re Birdsong (1889)
- 271 F1D 696Snell v. Frank Snell Sawmill Co. (1921)
- 44 F1D 864United States v. Hall (1890)
- 96 F1D 317In re Woodruff (1899)
- 221 F1D 736Wright v. Harris (1915)
- 236 F1D 573M. C. Kiser Co. v. Central of Georgia Ry. Co. (1916)
- 70 F1D 748United States v. Rauers (1895)
Opinions from Savannah courts, by decade
Recent opinions from Savannah courts
- 52 F2D 286United States v. Bailey (1931)
- 52 F2D 196In re Denmark (1931)
- 52 F2D 146Larabee Flour Mills Co. v. First Nat. Bank of Dublin (1931)
- 51 F2D 1063Charles Nelson Co. v. Usina (1931)
- 49 F2D 807Moore v. Christienson S. S. Co. (1931)
- 49 F2D 652In re Mitchell (1931)
- 52 F2D 886Bannon v. Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. (1930)
- 48 F2D 216In re La Varre (1930)
- 35 F2D 381National Tank & Export Co. v. United States (1929)
- 33 F2D 353United States v. One Buick Automobile (1929)
- 32 F2D 904Baltimore Butterine Co. v. Talmadge (1929)
- 27 F2D 159In re Barrett & Co. (1928)
Law schools in Savannah
Judges who served in Savannah
Federal judges with an appointment to a court located here.
Alexander Atkinson Lawrence Jr.
Anthony A. Alaimo- Archibald Battle Lovett
Berry Avant Edenfield
Beverly Daniel Evans Jr.
Dudley Hollingsworth Bowen Jr.- Edward J. Coleman 3
Emory Speer- Francis Muir Scarlett
- James D. Walker jr
James Randal Hall- John Cochran Nicoll
John Erskine- John S Dalis
- Lamar W. Davis jr
Lisa Godbey Wood- Michele Jinhyun Kim
R. Stan Baker- Susan D. Barrett
William Hale Barrett
William Theodore Moore Jr.- William Wallace Lambdin
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- Washington · 107,414
- White · 46,504
- Jackson · 37,432
- Commerce · 36,916
- Martin · 35,306
- Douglas · 24,968
- Nelson · 24,164
- Howard · 23,807
- Jersey · 19,273
- Mitchell · 18,800
- Morris · 17,030
- Morgan · 16,083
- Gibson · 15,436
- Evans · 14,700
- Boston · 13,839
- Hamilton · 13,498
- Collins · 13,175
- Gray · 12,833
- Gordon · 12,587
- Coleman · 12,380
- Dallas · 11,928
- Register · 11,613
- Atlanta · 11,463
- Cleveland · 10,642
Opinions mentioning Savannah
- 99 F3D 1056Vining v. Runyon
- 97 F3D 950Smith v. Office of Civilian Health & Medical Program of the Uniformed Services
- 87 F3D 1242Preserve Endangered Areas of Cobb's History, Inc. v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
- 85 F3D 713United States v. Sawyer
- 85 F3D 565McKnight Construction Co. v. Department of Defense
- 80 F3D 458United States v. Hatney
- 79 F3D 756O'Day v. McDonnell Douglas Helicopter Co.
- 75 F3D 1522Stewart v. KHD Deutz of America Corp.
- 64 F3D 984United States v. Food, 2,998 Cases
- 62 F3D 367United States v. Brant
- 60 F3D 1545Henry v. General Motors Corp.
- 60 F3D 1495ICA Construction Corp. v. Reich
- 6 F3D 727Kitchen v. CSX Transportation, Inc.
- 58 F3D 603Loyola Federal Savings Bank v. Fickling
- 55 F3D 584United States v. Douglas
- 50 F3D 72Winthrop Old Farm Nurseries, Inc. v. New Bedford Institution for Savings
- 491 F3D 254United States ex rel. Laird v. Lockheed Martin Engineering & Science Services Co.
- 490 F3D 1282United States v. Walker
- 477 F3D 225O'Reilly v. United States Army Corps of Engineers
- 470 F3D 299United States v. Jackson
- 464 F3D 1273Wagner v. First Horizon Pharmaceutical Corp.
- 461 F3D 1315Porter v. Ray
- 46 F3D 653Brouwer v. Ancel & Dunlap
- 46 F3D 1506Waters v. Thomas
- 456 F3D 1183Carpenter v. Boeing Co.
- 451 F3D 311Hux v. City of Newport News
- 447 F3D 873Sanderson v. HCA-The Healthcare Co.
- 443 F3D 1346Sierra Club v. Georgia Power Co.
- 437 F3D 424United States v. Moreland
- 435 F3D 639Reeb v. Ohio Department of Rehabilitation & Correction
- 434 F3D 249Heiko v. Colombo Savings Bank, F.S.B.
- 429 F3D 73United States v. Forrest
- 428 F3D 1359Caley v. Gulfstream Aerospace Corp.
- 419 F3D 462National Hockey League Players Ass'n v. Plymouth Whalers Hockey Club
- 416 F3D 310Diamond v. Colonial Life & Accident Insurance
- 415 F3D 601United States ex rel. Gross v. Aids Research Alliance-Chicago
- 41 F3D 997Boland Marine & Manufacturing Co. v. Rihner
- 408 F3D 745United States v. Williams
- 404 F3D 1297Palmer & Cay, Inc. v. Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc.
- 400 F3D 428United States ex rel. A+ Homecare, Inc. v. Medshares Management Group, Inc.
- 400 F3D 1313Purcell ex rel. Estate of Morgan v. Toombs County, GA
- 40 F3D 347Irwin v. Hawk
- 399 F3D 692Penny/Ohlmann/Nieman, Inc. v. Miami Valley Pension Corp.
- 398 F3D 1261Flood v. Young Woman's Christian Ass'n
- 396 F3D 548Bogart v. Chapell
- 396 F3D 1303United States v. Drury
- 396 F3D 1143United States v. Drury
- 393 F3D 1321United States ex rel. Bettis v. Odebrecht Contractors of California, Inc.
- 388 F3D 796United States v. Chandler
- 386 F3D 235United States ex rel. Schmidt v. Zimmer, Inc.