United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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Article III court United States court of appeals federal appellate court

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi, making it one of the key intermediate courts in the U.S. judiciary.

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Observed surface forms (7)

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Fifth Circuit 3
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 2
5th Cir. 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Article III court ⓘ
United States court of appeals ⓘ
federal appellate court ⓘ
abbreviation United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 5th Cir.
alsoKnownAs United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
surface form: Fifth Circuit
appealsTo Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
appointedBy President of the United States ⓘ
circuitIncludes Louisiana ⓘ
surface form: state of Louisiana

The Magnolia State ⓘ
surface form: state of Mississippi

Texas ⓘ
surface form: state of Texas
circuitNumber 5 ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
courtType administrative ⓘ
civil ⓘ
criminal ⓘ
establishedBy United States Congress ⓘ
governingLaw Title 28 of the United States Code ⓘ
hasHigherCourt Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
hasLifeTenureJudges true ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite https://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ
hasPrecedentialAuthorityOver federal district courts in Louisiana ⓘ
federal district courts in Mississippi ⓘ
federal district courts in Texas ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom federal district courts ⓘ
hearsAppealsOn constitutional law issues ⓘ
diversity jurisdiction cases ⓘ
federal administrative agency decisions ⓘ
federal law issues ⓘ
judgesConfirmedBy United States Senate ⓘ
jurisdiction Louisiana ⓘ
Mississippi ⓘ
Texas ⓘ
languageOfProceedings English ⓘ
legalSystem common law ⓘ
levelOfCourt intermediate appellate court ⓘ
locatedIn New Orleans ⓘ
surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana
partOf federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
reviewsCasesFrom United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas ⓘ
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas ⓘ
seatedAt John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

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United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit → abbreviation → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 5th Cir.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980 → affectedEntity → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit → alsoKnownAs → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit
United States v. Lopez → appealedFrom → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana → appellateCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi → appellateCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas → appellateCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Alfonso Lopez, Jr. → caseEscalatedTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
subject surface form: Alfonso Lopez Jr.
United States District Court for the Middle District of Louisiana → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Federal Reporter → coversCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Elbert P. Tuttle United States Court of Appeals Building → eponymCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana → hasAppealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States courts of appeals → includes → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin → jurisdiction → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (on appeal)
William Hunt (judge) → jurisdiction → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit
John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building → jurisdictionServed → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit of the United States
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
William Hunt (judge) → memberOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
William Hunt (judge) → memberOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States Circuit Courts for the Fifth Circuit
John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building → occupant → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
California v. Texas → originatedFrom → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization → originatingCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Oncale v. Sundowner Offshore Services, Inc. → originatingCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Van Orden v. Perry → originatingCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi → partOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Fifth Circuit
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980 → relatedTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980 → resultingCircuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit → splitFrom → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi → subordinateTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ