The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in
case citation
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s, 7th Cir.) is the U.S.
federal court with
appellate jurisdiction
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over the
courts
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in the following
districts
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Central District of Illinois
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Northern District of Illinois
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Appeals from the Northern District of Illinois a ...
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Southern District of Illinois
The United States District Court for the Southern District of Illinois (in case citations, S.D. Ill.) is a federal district court covering approximately the southern third of the state of Illinois.
Appeals from the Southern District of Illinois ...
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Northern District of Indiana
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Southern District of Indiana
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Eastern District of Wisconsin
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Western District of Wisconsin
The United States District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin (in case citations, W.D. Wis.) is a federal court in the Seventh Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are a ...
The court is based at the
Dirksen Federal Building
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in
Chicago
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and is composed of eleven appellate judges. It is one of 13
United States courts of appeals
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.
The court offers a relatively unique internet presence that includes
wiki
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and
RSS
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feeds of opinions and oral arguments. It is also notable for having one of the most prominent
law and economics
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scholars, Judge
Frank H. Easterbrook
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, on its court.
Richard Posner
Richard Allen Posner (; born January 11, 1939) is an American jurist and legal scholar who served as a federal appellate judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit from 1981 to 2017. A senior lecturer at the University of Chica ...
, another prominent law and economics scholar, also served on this court until his retirement in 2017.
Three judges from the Seventh Circuit,
Sherman Minton
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,
John Paul Stevens
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, and
Amy Coney Barrett
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, have been appointed as
Associate Justices
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of the
Supreme Court
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.
Current composition of the court
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Vacancies and pending nominations
List of former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
See also
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Courts of Illinois Courts of Illinois include:
State courts of Illinois
*Supreme Court of Illinois
**Illinois Appellate Court (5 districts)
***Illinois Circuit Courts (24 judicial circuits)
Federal courts located in Illinois
*United States Court of Appeals for t ...
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Judicial appointment history for United States federal courts#Seventh Circuit
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List of current United States Circuit Judges
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Same-sex marriage in the Seventh Circuit
On September 4, 2014 a three-judge panel of the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously upheld district court rulings striking down same-sex marriage bans in Indiana, and Wisconsin, just nine days after the court heard oral arguments.http://pd ...
References
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** primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
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** secondary source for the duty stations
** data is current to 2002
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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 CircuitRecent opinions from FindLawOfficial wiki of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit— Launched April 18, 2007
The Seventh Circuit Review
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1891 establishments in the United States
Courts and tribunals established in 1891