United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

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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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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

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Western District of Texas hearsAppealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Waco Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Del Rio Division partOfJudicialCircuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit
Del Rio Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Supreme Court affirmed reversal of conviction involvesCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Pecos Division higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Dallas Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Fort Worth Division higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Amarillo Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
San Angelo Division higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
John Minor Wisdom memberOf United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
New Orleans Central Business District contains United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
this entity surface form: U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
S.D. Miss. circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Miss. appellateCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Miss. reviewsOnAppealBy United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Galveston Division subjectToReviewBy United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Victoria Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Tex. circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Tex. appellateCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Tex. higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Tex. appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
S.D. Tex. judicialCircuitNumber United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit
Houston Division higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Brownsville Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Laredo Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Lubbock Division higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
McAllen Division partOf United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
this entity surface form: Fifth Circuit (United States Court of Appeals)
Tyler Division higherCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Marshall Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Lufkin Division belongsToCircuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Sherman Division appellateCourt United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Texarkana Division hearsAppealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
E.D. Tex. circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
E.D. Tex. appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Hale Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse occupant United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
E.D. La. circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
E.D. La. appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
E.D.La. circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
E.D.La. appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana supervisedBy United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Abilene Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Beaumont Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Wichita Falls Division hearsAppealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Western District of Louisiana appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
W.D. La. circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
W.D. La. appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Aberdeen Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Oxford Division hearsAppealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Greenville Division appealsTo United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit