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Established on March 3, 1887 by 24 Stat. 492 as a circuit judgeship for the Second Circuit Reassigned on June 16, 1891 to the newly formed U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit by the Judiciary Act of 1891: Lacombe: NY: 1891–1916 Hough: NY: 1916–1927 A. Hand: NY: 1927–1953 Harlan II: NY: 1954–1955 Lumbard: NY: 1955–1971 ...
The BAP in each judicial circuit has its own local rules of practice, in addition to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. Parties to the bankruptcy case retain the right to have their appeal heard by a district court instead of a BAP by filing an election to transfer the case. Judges on a BAP are ...
The Tenth Circuit was created in 1929 by subdividing the existing Eighth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit was created in 1981 by subdividing the existing Fifth Circuit. The Federal Circuit was created in 1982 by the merger of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of the United States Court of Claims.
Blatchford and Sotomayor, after being elevated from the Southern District of New York to serve as Circuit Judges for the Second Circuit, were later elevated to the Supreme Court of the United States. The longest serving judge, David Norton Edelstein , served as an active judge for 43 years to the day, and in senior status for an additional six ...
The appellate panel was in agreement that changes to federal law meant Rehabilitation Act claims of discrimination required applying the Americans With Disability Act standards, while splitting on ...
Appeals from the Northern District of New York are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, which has jurisdiction over the four districts of New York, the District of Connecticut and the District of Vermont (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act, which are appealed to ...
Senior Circuit Judge Harry T. Edwards: Washington, D.C. 1940 1980–2005 1994–2001 2005–present Carter: 46 Senior Circuit Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg: Washington, D.C. 1946 1986–2011 2001–2008 2011–present Reagan: 47 Senior Circuit Judge David B. Sentelle: inactive: 1943 1987–2013 2008–2013 2013–present Reagan: 50 Senior Circuit Judge
A U.S. appeals court on Wednesday threw out a $1.68 billion judgment against Iran's central bank that had been won by family members of troops killed and injured in the 1983 bombing of the U.S ...