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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
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, New York and
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. The court has
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over the district courts in the following districts: *
District of Connecticut The United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (in case citations, D. Conn.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction is the state of Connecticut. The court has offices in Bridgeport, Hartford, and New Haven. Appeals ...
* Eastern District of New York * Northern District of New York * Southern District of New York * Western District of New York * District of Vermont 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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in Lower Manhattan. Due to renovations at that building, from 2006 until early 2013, the court temporarily relocated to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse across Pearl Street from Foley Square; certain court offices temporarily relocated to the
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at 233 Broadway. Because the Second Circuit includes
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, it has long been one of the largest and most influential American federal appellate courts, especially in matters of
contract law A contract is a legally enforceable agreement between two or more parties that creates, defines, and governs mutual rights and obligations between them. A contract typically involves the transfer of goods, services, money, or a promise to t ...
, 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
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: John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, and Sonia Sotomayor. Judge
Learned Hand Billings Learned Hand ( ; January 27, 1872 – August 18, 1961) was an American jurist, lawyer, and judicial philosopher. He served as a federal trial judge on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1909 to 1924 an ...
served on the court from 1924 to 1961, as did his cousin,
Augustus Noble Hand Augustus Noble Hand (July 26, 1869 – October 28, 1954) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York and later was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals ...
, 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

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Vacancies and pending nominations


List of former judges


Chief judges


Succession of seats


See also

* Judicial appointment history for United States federal courts#Second Circuit * List of current United States Circuit Judges


References


External links


United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Recent opinions from FindLaw
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