United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit

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Article III court United States court of appeals federal appellate court

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is a federal appellate court widely regarded as one of the most influential in the country, particularly in cases involving federal agencies and constitutional law.

Aliases (5)

District of Columbia Circuit ×2
Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia ×1
D.C. Cir. ×1
D.C. Circuit ×1
District of Columbia Circuit Court ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article III court → United States court of appeals → federal appellate court →
abbreviation	D.C. Cir. →
appealsFrom	United States District Court for the District of Columbia →
appealsTo	Supreme Court of the United States →
appointedBy	President of the United States →
authorizedBy	United States Congress →
buildingCompleted	E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse completed in 1952 →
circuitNumber	D.C. Circuit →
circuitType	geographically small but nationally significant →
city	Washington, D.C. →
considered	one of the most influential federal appellate courts in the United States →
country	United States →
established	1893 →
governingLaw	Title 28 of the United States Code →
handles	appeals from decisions of federal agencies → appeals from the United States District Court for the District of Columbia →
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →
hasClerk	Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →
hasNickname	second most important court in the land →
hears	appeals in major separation-of-powers disputes → petitions for review of agency adjudications → petitions for review of agency rulemakings →
judgesTerm	life tenure →
jurisdiction	District of Columbia → federal administrative agencies →
knownFor	cases involving constitutional law → cases involving federal administrative agencies → influence on federal regulatory law →
language	English →
legalSystem	common law →
level	intermediate appellate court →
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. →
numberOfJudgeships	11 →
originalName	Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia →
partOf	United States courts of appeals → federal judiciary of the United States →
region	District of Columbia federal judicial circuit →
renamed	United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →
renamedIn	1948 →
seat	E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse →
subjectMatterSpecialty	administrative law → federal regulatory law → separation of powers issues →
website	https://www.cadc.uscourts.gov →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Cheney v. U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia → Price Waterhouse v. Hopkins → Vermont Yankee Nuclear Power Corp. v. NRDC →	lowerCourt
John G. Roberts Jr. → Merrick Garland →	employer
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Cir.") →	abbreviation
United States District Court for the District of Columbia →	appellateCourt
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →	appointedBy
Antonin Scalia →	appointedFrom
Merrick Garland →	appointedTo
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("D.C. Circuit") →	circuitNumber
Federal Reporter →	coversCourt
Judiciary of the District of Columbia →	distinctFrom
United States District Court for the District of Columbia ("District of Columbia Circuit") →	governingCircuit
Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission →	hasCourt
Shelby County v. Holder →	hasLowerCourt
Calvert Cliffs Coordinating Committee v. U.S. Atomic Energy Commission ("District of Columbia Circuit") →	hasRegion
Washington, D.C. →	hostsInstitution
E. Barrett Prettyman United States Courthouse →	houses
United States courts of appeals →	includes
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →	jurisdiction
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ("Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia") →	originalName
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP →	originatedFrom
Clerk of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →	partOf
Trump v. Mazars USA, LLP →	remandedTo
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit →	renamed
Law of the District of Columbia →	subjectToReviewBy
William Cranch ("District of Columbia Circuit Court") →	workLocation