United States courts of appeals

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federal appellate court system intermediate appellate court

The United States courts of appeals are the federal intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from district courts and federal agencies before potential review by the Supreme Court.

Observed surface forms (13)

Surface form	Occurrences
United States Courts of Appeals	12
U.S. courts of appeals	4
United States circuit courts	3
U.S. Courts of Appeals	2
United States circuit courts of appeals	2
United States federal courts of appeals system	2
Article III courts of the United States	1
U.S. federal courts of appeals	1
United States Court of Appeals	1
United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces	1
United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit	1
United States courts of appeals (in certain respects)	1
United States federal courts of appeals	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal appellate court system ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ
above	United States district courts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United States courts of appeals ⓘ surface form: U.S. courts of appeals circuit courts ⓘ federal courts of appeals ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
appointingAuthority	President of the United States ⓘ
below	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
bindingPrecedentFor	United States district courts within the same circuit ⓘ
composition	panels of three judges in most cases ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article III ⓘ surface form: Article III of the United States Constitution
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateEstablished	1891 ⓘ
decides	appeals as of right ⓘ
establishedBy	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: Congress of the United States
governingLaw	Judiciary Act of 1891 ⓘ
hasSpecializedCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
hasSubdivision	regional circuits ⓘ specialized circuit ⓘ
includes	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ
judgesConfirmedBy	United States Senate ⓘ
judgesTerm	during good behavior ⓘ
jurisdiction	appeals from United States district courts ⓘ appeals from certain federal administrative agencies ⓘ federal question cases ⓘ
levelInSystem	intermediate appellate level ⓘ
location	various regional circuits across the United States ⓘ
mayIssue	published opinions ⓘ unpublished opinions ⓘ
maySitEnBanc	yes ⓘ
numberOfCourts	13 ⓘ
partOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
primaryFunction	error correction ⓘ
reviews	decisions of United States district courts ⓘ decisions of federal agencies ⓘ
secondaryFunction	law declaration and precedent setting ⓘ

Referenced by (73)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Judicial Code of 1911 → affectedCourt → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States courts of appeals → alsoKnownAs → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. courts of appeals

Supreme Court of the United States → appealsFrom → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces

Supreme Court of the United States → appealsFrom → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

Benefits Review Board → appealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. courts of appeals

United States Tax Court → appealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

T.C. → appealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Tax Court

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

United States bankruptcy courts → appealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States territorial courts → appealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Office of the Solicitor General → appearsBefore → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

United States Attorneys → appearsBefore → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Attorney

this entity surface form: United States Court of Appeals

Appellate Section → appearsIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Article I – General Provisions → appliesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Article II – Judicial Notice → appliesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Federal Equity Rules of 1912 → appliesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States circuit courts of appeals

Administrative Office of the United States Courts → appliesTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Committee on the Budget → appliesTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → appliesTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article III courts of the United States

Public Law 61-475 → appliesTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980 → appliesToCourtLevel → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure → appliesToCourtSystem → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States courts of appeals (in certain respects)

Article V – Privileges → bindingOn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Board of Immigration Appeals → canBeReviewedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. federal courts of appeals

Federal Reporter → coversCourt → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Federal Appendix → coversCourtType → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. courts of appeals

Evarts Act → created → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Judiciary Act of 1789 → createdCourt → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States circuit courts

Judiciary Act of 1891 → createdCourt → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States circuit courts of appeals

Administrative Review Board → decisionReviewableBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Judiciary Act of 1789 → definedJurisdictionOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States circuit courts

Defense Base Act → furtherAppealTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Courts of Appeals

Longshore and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act → furtherAppealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure → governs → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

subject surface form: Title 28 of the United States Code

Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure for appeals from district courts → governsAppealsTo → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Appellate Section → handlesCasesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. courts of appeals

United States district courts → hasHigherCourt → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States in tax litigation → hasVenue → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Article III – Presumptions in Civil Cases → interpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

rules of evidence for the federal courts → interpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

subject surface form: Federal Rules of Evidence

Internal Revenue Code → interpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

Rule 56 → interpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Courts of Appeals

Rule 8 → interpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States law → interpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Article XI – Miscellaneous Rules → isInterpretedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts of appeals

United States bankruptcy courts → judgesAppointedBy → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Judicial Conference of the United States → jurisdiction → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → litigatesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ