John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building

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United States federal government building federal courthouse historic building

The John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building is a historic federal courthouse in New Orleans, Louisiana, known for housing the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and for its significant role in civil rights-era jurisprudence.

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Label	Occurrences
John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building canonical	1
United States Fifth Circuit courthouse in New Orleans named John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal government building ⓘ federal courthouse ⓘ historic building ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Beaux-Arts ⓘ surface form: Beaux-Arts architecture
category	Courthouses in Louisiana ⓘ Government buildings in New Orleans, Louisiana ⓘ United States federal courthouses ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
function	hearing federal appellate cases ⓘ housing courtrooms and judicial chambers ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
jurisdictionServed	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ surface form: Fifth Circuit of the United States
locatedIn	Louisiana ⓘ New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana Orleans Parish ⓘ surface form: Orleans Parish, Louisiana United States Fifth Circuit jurisdiction ⓘ
maintainedBy	U.S. General Services Administration ⓘ surface form: General Services Administration
namedAfter	John Minor Wisdom ⓘ
notableFor	role in desegregation and voting rights jurisprudence ⓘ
occupant	United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
owner	United States government ⓘ
partOf	federal court system of the United States ⓘ
significance	symbol of federal enforcement of civil rights in the American South ⓘ
significantEvent	landmark civil rights decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit ⓘ
significantPeriod	American civil rights era ⓘ
streetAddress	New Orleans Central Business District ⓘ
usedFor	federal appellate court proceedings ⓘ judicial administration ⓘ

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

United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit → seatedAt → John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building ⓘ

John Minor Wisdom → hasHonor → John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Fifth Circuit courthouse in New Orleans named John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building