United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

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Article III court United States court of appeals federal appellate court

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in New York, Connecticut, and Vermont and is known for its influential decisions in areas such as securities law, immigration, and constitutional rights.

Aliases (5)

Second Circuit ×5
2d Cir. ×1
2nd Cir. ×1
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ×1
United States Courts of the Second Circuit ×1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article III court → United States court of appeals → federal appellate court →
alsoKnownAs	2nd Cir. → Second Circuit →
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United States →
appointedBy	President of the United States →
circuitCode	2d Cir. →
circuitJustice	Sonia Sotomayor →
circuitNumber	Second Circuit →
constitutionalBasis	Article III of the United States Constitution →
country	United States →
courthouse	Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse →
established	1891 →
establishedBy	Evarts Act →
governingLaw	United States Constitution → federal regulations → federal statutes of the United States →
hasNumberOfAuthorizedJudges	13 →
hasPrecedentAuthorityOver	United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → United States District Court for the District of Vermont → United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York → United States District Court for the Northern District of New York → United States District Court for the Southern District of New York → United States District Court for the Western District of New York →
hears	appeals from federal district courts in Connecticut → appeals from federal district courts in New York → appeals from federal district courts in Vermont →
judgesConfirmedBy	United States Senate →
jurisdiction	State of Connecticut → State of New York → State of Vermont →
knownFor	influential constitutional law decisions → influential immigration law decisions → influential securities law decisions →
language	English →
location	Foley Square →
partOf	United States Courts of Appeals → federal judiciary of the United States →
reviewsCasesFrom	United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → United States District Court for the District of Vermont → United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York → United States District Court for the Northern District of New York → United States District Court for the Southern District of New York → United States District Court for the Western District of New York →
seat	New York City →
typeOfCases	administrative appeals → civil cases → criminal cases →

Referenced by (24)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York → United States District Court for the Northern District of New York → United States District Court for the Western District of New York →	appellateCourt
United States District Court for the District of Connecticut → United States District Court for the District of Vermont → United States District Court for the Southern District of New York →	appealsTo
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ("Second Circuit") → United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ("2nd Cir.") →	alsoKnownAs
United States District Court for the District of Vermont → United States District Court for the Southern District of New York →	circuit
Second Circuit Court in Shenyang ("Second Circuit") → United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ("Second Circuit") →	circuitNumber
United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York ("United States Courts of the Second Circuit") → United States District Court for the Western District of New York ("Second Circuit") →	partOf
Windsor v. United States (in part) →	appealedFrom
United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ("2d Cir.") →	circuitCode
Federal Reporter →	coversCourt
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse →	houses
United States courts of appeals →	includes
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse ("Second Circuit") →	jurisdictionServed
Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse ("U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit") →	occupant
Trump v. Vance →	originatingCourt
Helvering v. Gregory →	originatingJurisdiction