The first federal judges in Kansas 1855-1872 -- "Just a scrap of history": Judge Cassius Gaius Foster and Major J. K. Hudson, "The fighting editor" -- The Court from Hook to Helvering -- The chance of a lifetime: Judges Arthur J. Mellott and Delmas C. Hill -- Brown v. Board: the case begins -- The Post-Brown court: in memoriam -- The twenty-first century judges -- The modern court: federal magistrate and bankruptcy judges -- Palaces of justice.