UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

The 'United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit' is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:


★ Central District of Illinois

★ Northern District of Illinois

★ Southern District of Illinois

★ Northern District of Indiana

★ Southern District of Indiana

★ Eastern District of Wisconsin

★ Western District of Wisconsin
The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois. It is one of thirteen United States courts of appeals, composed of eleven judges.
The court offers a unique internet presence that includes a wiki and RSS feeds of opinions and oral arguments. No other United States District or Appellate Court offers oral arguments, and only the Eleventh Circuit also offers RSS features.

Contents

Current composition of the court

Pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

See also

References

External links

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Current composition of the court

As of 2006, the judges on the court are

Pending nominations

★ Circuit Judge Daniel Anthony Manion will take Senior status upon confirmation of a successor. On July 17, 2007, President George W. Bush nominated John Daniel Tinder to that seat.

List of former judges

Chief judges

The current Chief Judge of the Seventh Circuit is Judge Frank Easterbrook, who succeeded Judge Joel Flaum in November 2006.

Succession of seats

See also

★ Federal judicial appointment history#Seventh Circuit

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 Seventh 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 Seventh Circuit

★ Recent opinions from FindLaw

★ Official wiki of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit — Launched April 18 2007

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