Ann Arbor
Federal Building
200 E. Liberty Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
Bay City
United States Post Office
1000 Washington Ave.
Bay City, MI 48708
Detroit
Theodore Levin U.S. Courthouse
231 W. Lafayette Blvd.
Detroit, MI 48226
Flint
Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse
600 Church Street
Flint, MI 48502
Port Huron
Federal Building and United States Courthouse
526 Water Street
Port Huron, MI 48060
Mission
As one of the largest federal courts in the country, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan through its Historical Society seeks to nurture an awareness of its past and its historical significance. It is the goal of the Historical Society to accomplish that purpose.
Location
Located on four of the Great Lakes and the Detroit, St. Clair and St. Mary’s Rivers, Michigan also developed as a major shipping center resulting in key admiralty decisions by the Court. With the rise of the trade union movement, the Eastern District played a vital role in the evolution of law governing the right of workers to organize themselves into unions. In the turbulent decade of the 1960s the Eastern District’s docket became an especially important focal point for the effort to protect the civil rights and civil liberties of Americans.
Goal
The Historical Society was formed in 1992 to preserve the history of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and the men and women associated with it.
Eastern District of Michigan Judges
According to Article 3 of the U.S. Constitution, Federal Judges are nominated by the President, confirmed by the U.S. Senate, and can serve for life. The first U.S. District Judge for the District of Michigan, Ross Wilkins, was confirmed in 1836 and served for 34 years until his resignation from the court in 1870.
- Judge Levin
- Judge McCree
- Judge Machrowicz
- Judge Cook