UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT

The 'United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit' is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. It has appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

★ District of Connecticut

★ Eastern District of New York

★ Northern District of New York

★ Southern District of New York

★ Western District of New York

★ District of Vermont
The Second Circuit ordinarily has its clerk's office and hears oral arguments at the historic Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square in lower Manhattan. Due to renovations at that building, beginning in the summer of 2006 the court has relocated to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York, New York across Pearl Street from the Marshall Courthouse. Some of the Court's offices, including the Office of Legal Affairs, have moved to the historic Woolworth Building for the duration of the renovations, which are expected to take several years. With thirteen active and eleven senior judges, the Second Circuit is midsized among the thirteen United States courts of appeals.

Contents

Current composition of the court

Pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Trivia

See also

Notes

References

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Current composition of the court

As of 2007, the judges on the court are:

Pending nominations

★ Currently, there are no vacancies on the Second Circuit.

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Trivia

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As of 2006, the Second Circuit is one of only three Circuit Courts in the nation to have a majority of its judges appointed by a single president. Bill Clinton appointed seven of its thirteen judges during his two terms in office from 1993 to 2001. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit and the United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit are the others. Ronald Reagan appointed six of the eleven judges sitting on the Seventh Circuit, and George W. Bush has appointed seven of the eleven judges on the Eighth Circuit.

''See Federal judicial appointment history.''

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The Second Circuit is also one of only two Circuit Courts to have a majority of Democratic appointees. 54% of its judges were appointed by a Democratic President (in this case Clinton). The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is the other.

''See Federal judicial appointment history.''

★ Famed judge Learned Hand served on the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951, as did his cousin, Augustus Noble Hand, from 1927 until 1953.

★ Judge Henry Friendly served on the court from 1959 to 1974, and wrote a large number of notable and enduring opinions.

See also

★ Federal judicial appointment history#Second Circuit

Notes

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References

★ Standard Search

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★ primary but incomplete source for the duty stations

★ Instructions for Judicial Directory

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★ secondary source for the duty stations

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★ data is current to 2002

★ U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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★ source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information

External links

★ United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

★ Recent opinions from FindLaw

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