The Ninth Judicial Circuit
Historical Society (NJCHS)
preserves and educates about the vibrant legal history of the West,
and about the vital importance of an independent judiciary.
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The Circuit Spotlight
Western Legal History
In the early morning hours of July 12, 1917, more than a thousand mine workers and their sympathizers were rounded up at gunpoint by a citizen posse in Bisbee, AZ, and ultimately marched several miles to waiting railroad cattle cars, which carried them into the New Mexico desert, where they were abandoned. This 100-year-old event, referred to as the Bisbee Deportation of 1917, and seminal to the history of Arizona, is the subject of this issue.
Our Latest Exhibit
100 years ago the 19th Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. But did you know that women throughout the 9th Circuit already had the vote? This gorgeous Exhibit highlights key points of the long road to Women’s Suffrage in the West.
100 years ago the 19th Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. But did you know that women throughout the 9th Circuit already had the vote? This gorgeous Exhibit highlights key points of the long road to Women’s Suffrage in the West.
100 years ago the 19th Amendment was adopted, granting women the right to vote. But did you know that women throughout the 9th Circuit already had the vote? This gorgeous Exhibit highlights key points of the long road to Women’s Suffrage in the West.
Oral History Spotlight
Congratulations to Judge Mary H. Murguia as she assumes her duties as Chief Judge of the Ninth Circuit!
Chief Judge Murguia continues her trailblazing career as the first Latina to serve as chief judge of a federal appellate court, and the second woman and the first judge of Hispanic descent to serve as chief judge of the Ninth Circuit.
To learn more about her inspiring journey to the Bench, watch her full oral history at the link below: