United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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Article III court federal court of appeals

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina.

Aliases (4)

Fourth Circuit ×5
4th Cir. ×1
Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals ×1
United States District Court for the Fourth Circuit ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article III court → federal court of appeals →
abbreviation	4th Cir. →
alsoKnownAs	Fourth Circuit →
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United States →
appointedBy	President of the United States →
circuitNumber	Fourth Circuit →
country	United States →
courthouse	Lewis F. Powell Jr. United States Courthouse →
createdBy	Evarts Act →
established	June 16, 1891 →
geographicCircuit	Fourth federal judicial circuit →
governingLaw	United States Constitution → federal regulations → federal statutes →
handlesAppealsFrom	United States district courts in Maryland → United States district courts in North Carolina → United States district courts in South Carolina → United States district courts in Virginia → United States district courts in West Virginia →
hasLevel	intermediate appellate court →
judgesConfirmedBy	United States Senate →
jurisdiction	Maryland → North Carolina → South Carolina → Virginia → West Virginia →
language	English →
legalSystem	common law →
lifeTenure	true →
locationCity	Richmond →
locationState	Virginia →
numberOfJudges	15 →
partOf	United States courts of appeals → United States federal judiciary →
reviewsCasesFrom	United States District Court for the District of Maryland → United States District Court for the District of South Carolina → United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina → United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia → United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia → United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia →
seat	Richmond, Virginia →
typeOfCases	administrative agency appeals → civil appeals → criminal appeals →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
United States District Court for the District of Maryland → United States District Court for the Eastern District of South Carolina → United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia → United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina → United States District Court for the Northern District of West Virginia → United States District Court for the Western District of Virginia →	appealsTo
Fourth federal judicial circuit ("Fourth Circuit") → Fourth federal judicial circuit ("Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals") → United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") →	alsoKnownAs
King v. Burwell → United States v. Comstock → United States v. Morrison →	lowerCourt
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina → United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina →	appellateCourt
United States District Court for the District of Maryland → United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ("Fourth Circuit") →	circuit
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina → United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia →	higherCourt
United States District Court for the District of South Carolina ("Fourth Circuit") → United States District Court for the Western District of North Carolina →	locatedIn
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("4th Cir.") →	abbreviation
United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ("Fourth Circuit") →	circuitNumber
Federal Reporter →	coversCourt
J. Michael Luttig →	employer
Fourth federal judicial circuit →	hasCourt
United States courts of appeals →	includes
J. Michael Luttig →	jurisdiction
United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia →	locatedInJurisdiction
Dickerson v. United States →	originatingCourt
United States District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ("United States District Court for the Fourth Circuit") →	partOf
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia →	subordinateTo