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.

Environmental Defense Section → litigatesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

Tax Division → litigatesIn → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

Assistant United States Attorneys → mayAppearBefore → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

subject surface form: Assistant United States Attorney

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

CA7 → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts of appeals system

CA9 → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

Fourth federal judicial circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States federal courts of appeals system

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit → partOf → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

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

Committee on Security and Facilities → scope → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

AOUSC → supportsBody → United States courts of appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals

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

this entity surface form: United States circuit courts

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

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

this entity surface form: United States Courts of Appeals