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

★ District of Delaware

★ District of New Jersey

★ Eastern District of Pennsylvania

★ Middle District of Pennsylvania

★ Western District of Pennsylvania
It also has appellate jurisdiction over the District Court of the Virgin Islands which, in spite of the name, is a territorial court and belongs to no federal judicial district.
The court is composed of 14 active judges and is based at the U.S. Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is one of thirteen United States courts of appeals.

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Current composition of the court

Pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Trivia

See also

Notes

References

External links

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Current composition of the court

As of 2007, the judges on the court are:

Pending nominations

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★ On July 17 2007, President George W. Bush nominated Shalom D. Stone to Seat 4 vacated by Samuel A. Alito, Jr..

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Trivia

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Following the confirmation of Thomas Hardiman, the Third Circuit is the only Circuit Court to be split evenly between Republican and Democratic-appointed judges.

''See Federal judicial appointment history.''

See also

★ Federal judicial appointment history#Third Circuit

Notes

References

★ Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judges

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★ PDF (34 kB)

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★ source for the duty stations

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

★ Recent opinions from Findlaw

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