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When the courts of appeals were created in 1891, one was created for each of the nine circuits then existing, and each court was named the "United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the _____ Circuit". When a court of appeals was created for the District of Columbia in 1893, it was named the "Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia", and ...
United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit; United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit; ... Circuit Map.ai -- Page 1: Width: 620: Height: 401.56601
The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (in case citations, 9th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court of appeals that has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts for the following federal judicial districts: District of Alaska; District of Arizona; Central District of California; Eastern District of California
The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals.Its territory covers the states of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont, and it has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts:
The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts: Eastern District of Louisiana; Middle District of Louisiana; Western District of Louisiana
Map of the geographic boundaries of the circuit courts, the appeal courts directly under the Supreme Court. Cases appeal from a District Court to an Appeals Court located within a specific circuit. From there, cases may appeal to the Supreme Court. [9] In the United States, circuit courts were first established in the Thirteen British Colonies.
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: A History, 1982–1990. Washington, D.C.: United States Judicial Conference Committee on the Bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States. LCCN 91601231. Flanders, Steven (2010). The Federal Circuit – a Judicial Innovation : Establishing a U.S. Court of Appeals. Twelve ...
With six active judges and four active senior judges, the First Circuit has the fewest judges of any of the thirteen United States courts of appeals. It covers most of New England, as well as Puerto Rico. Since retiring from the United States Supreme Court, Associate Justice David Souter has occasionally sat on the First Circuit by designation.