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 comprises the states of Connecticut,

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and Vermont. The court has

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over the district courts in the following

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: * District of Connecticut * Eastern District of New York *

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* Southern District of New York * Western District of New York *

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The Second Circuit has its clerk's office and hears oral arguments at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40

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. Due to renovations at that building, from 2006 until early 2013, the court temporarily relocated to the

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse The Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse is a courthouse at 500 Pearl Street (Manhattan), Pearl Street, along Foley Square, in the Civic Center, Manhattan, Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. The 27-story co ...

across Pearl Street from Foley Square; certain court offices temporarily relocated to the Woolworth Building at 233 Broadway. Because the Second Circuit includes New York City, it has long been one of the largest and most influential American federal appellate courts, especially in matters of contract law, securities law, and antitrust law. In the 20th century, it came to be considered one of the two most prestigious federal appellate courts, along with the District of Columbia Circuit Court. Several notable judges have served on the Second Circuit, including three later named Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court: John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, and Sonia Sotomayor. Judge Learned Hand served on the court from 1924 to 1961, as did his cousin,

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, from 1927 until 1953. Judge Henry Friendly served from 1959 to 1986. File:WTM sheila 0042.jpg, Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street; the court's former temporary home File: WTM sheila 0036.jpg, Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Foley Square

Current composition of the court

Vacancies and pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

References

External links

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