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What Act created the Federal judiciary? How many districts did it break the country into?

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The First judiciary Act created 13 districts and placed 11 of them in 3 circuits: the Eastern, Middle, and Southern. Each district had a district court, a trial court with a single district judge and primarily admiralty jurisdiction.

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The Judiciary Act of 1789 established three circuits, which were groups of judicial districts in which United States circuit courts were established

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