Sources
Court History
Second Session of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Florida, 1846-1847.
Fifth Session of the Acts and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State of Florida, 1850-1851.
State of Florida Constitutions, 1838, 1861, 1865, 1868 http://www.law.fsu.edu/crc/conhist/contents.html
The Supreme Court of Florida and Its Predecessor Courts, 1821-1917, Volume I, Manley, Brown and Wise; Volume II, Manley, Brown, 1997.
The Florida Historical Quarterly, Volume XXVI, January 1948, Number 3.
The Florida Historical Quarterly, Vol. 73, Issue 4. "From a Territorial to a State Judiciary: Florida's Antebellum Courts and Judges" by James Denham.
The Briefs of the Orange County Bar, January 2008 http://www.orangecountybar.org/
A history of the Second Judicial Circuit prepared by Judge George S. Reynolds III.
http://www.leoncountyfl.gov/2ndCircuit/index.php?Page=FirstHundred.php
History of Florida 1st District Court of Appeal http://www.1dca.org/History.html
History of Florida Supreme Court http://www.floridasupremecourt.org/about/history/index.shtml
Florida Supreme Court Historical Society http://www.flcourthistory.org/
State Archives of Florida, Fla. Dept. of State http://dlis.dos.state.fl.us/index_researchers.cfm
Florida State University Law Library http://www.law.fsu.edu/crc/conhist/1868con.html
Georgetown Law Library http://www.ll.georgetown.edu/states/florida.cfm
http://www.justice.gov/jmd/ls/florida1.htm
Criminal justice in the United States by Dean J. Champion
Crackers and Carpetbaggers, by John W. Cowart
http://florida.com/history1.htmSupreme Court Law Library:
Title A report on the judicial circuits of Florida : an historical review of alignment of the judicial circuits, a comparison of the judicial circuits, proposals for realignment of the circuits / prepared by House Committee on Judiciary.
Imprint [Tallahassee, Fla.] : The Committee, 1991.
- Circuit History
- Past Chief Judges
- Past Judges
- Orange County Courthouses
- 1857: The Deserted Cabin on Church Street
- 1863: First Official Courthouse
- 1869: Small Courthouse, Complete with Hogs
- 1875: The Courthouse that Jake Built
- 1892: The Red Victorian Courthouse
- 1927: Classical Temple to Justice
- 1960: The Modern, Aqua Courthouse Annex
- 1998: High-Rise Halls of Justice
- The Orange County Courthouse at a Glance
- Osceola County Courthouses
- Notable Events
- Sources