November/December 2007 issue
New Book About the 8th
Circuit
8th Circuit History Published:
Establishing Justice in Middle
America: A History of the
United States Court of Appeals
for the Eighth Circuit
A comprehensive history of the United States
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit was
released for publication by the University of
Minnesota Press in December. This written history was a project of the Court
of Appeals Branch of the Historical Society of
the United States Courts in the Eighth Circuit
led by Branch President Thomas H. Boyd.
Author Jeffrey B. Morris, Professor of the Touro
Law Center, is a highly accomplished legal
historian who has published sixteen books,
including Calmly to Poise the Scales of Justice: A History of the Courts of the District of
Columbia Circuit and Federal Justice in the
Second Circuit, and is editor of the
Encyclopedia of American History.
The Honorable William H. Webster, a former
district and circuit judge from the Eighth Circuit
before serving as Director of the FBI and CIA,
wrote the forward to the book.
Comments on the book:
"Jeffrey Brandon Morris has done an
excellent job of capturing the spirit and
collegiality of the court and judges of the
Eighth Circuit."
–Hon. Gerald W. Heaney, U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit, retired
“The history of the Eighth Circuit is in
many ways an echo of the history of our
nation, especially the westward expansion
and settlement of the heartland of
America. Through detailed research,
including visits to the Circuit and
interviews with judges, Professor Morris
has captured the flavor of that history and
placed the Court’s development in the
context of the nation’s.”
- Hon. James B. Loken, Chief
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for
the Eighth Circuit
Copies may be purchased from the University of
Minnesota Press as well as various retail and
online bookstores. All 8th Circuit libraries are in
the process of acquiring copies.