United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

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Article III court federal court of appeals

The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit is a federal appellate court that reviews cases from district courts in Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Sixth Circuit	9
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit	2
United States District Court for the Sixth Circuit	2
6th Cir.	1
Sixth Circuit judicial system	1

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article III court ⓘ federal court of appeals ⓘ
abbreviation	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 6th Cir.
alsoKnownAs	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Sixth Circuit
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
authorizedJudgeships	16 ⓘ
circuit	United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Sixth Circuit
circuitIncludesState	Kentucky ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan Ohio ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
circuitNumber	6 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
courthouse	Potter Stewart United States Courthouse ⓘ
dateEstablished	1891 ⓘ
establishedBy	Judiciary Act of 1891 ⓘ
governingLaw	United States Constitution ⓘ federal statutes ⓘ
hasClerkOffice	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
hasTypeOfJurisdiction	appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	federal district courts ⓘ
hearsCases	administrative appeals ⓘ civil cases ⓘ criminal cases ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kentucky ⓘ Michigan (most of state) ⓘ surface form: Michigan Ohio ⓘ Tennessee ⓘ
legalSystem	common law ⓘ
level	intermediate appellate court ⓘ
location	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
parentOrganization	Judicial Conference of the United States ⓘ
partOf	United States courts of appeals ⓘ federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ surface form: United States federal judiciary
reviewsCasesFrom	United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky ⓘ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan ⓘ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee ⓘ United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee ⓘ United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio ⓘ United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ⓘ United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky ⓘ United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan ⓘ United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee ⓘ
seat	Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⓘ surface form: Cincinnati, Ohio

Referenced by (39)

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → abbreviation → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 6th Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → alsoKnownAs → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

DeBoer v. Snyder → appealedTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Tanco v. Haslam → appealedTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → appealsTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee → appellateCircuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → appellateCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee → appellateTo → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

DeBoer v. Snyder → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

Tanco v. Haslam → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Western District of Tennessee → circuit → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Bourke v. Beshear → circuitCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Federal Reporter → coversCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio → hasAppellateCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee → higherCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

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

Potter Stewart United States Courthouse → jurisdiction → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio → locatedIn → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky → locatedIn → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Cutter v. Wilkinson → lowerCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Potter Stewart United States Courthouse → occupant → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Obergefell v. Hodges → originatedFrom → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Gratz v. Bollinger → originatingCourt → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → originatingJurisdiction → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky → partOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: Sixth Circuit judicial system

United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan → partOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Sixth Circuit

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan → partOf → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States District Court for the Sixth Circuit

Potter Stewart United States Courthouse → primaryVenueFor → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit

Zelman v. Simmons-Harris → reversed → United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit ⓘ