United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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The United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was a former federal appellate and trial court that served the eastern region of Pennsylvania under the early U.S. judiciary system before the modern circuit courts of appeals were established.
Statements (39)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States circuit court
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federal appellate court → federal trial court → |
| appliesLegalSystem |
United States federal law
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common law → |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
eastern region of Pennsylvania
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federal question cases in eastern Pennsylvania → |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form: "United States"
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| courtType | Article III court → |
| followedBy | modern United States courts of appeals system → |
| hasAbolishedStatus | defunct federal court → |
| hasDissolvedOrAbolishedJurisdiction | eastern region of Pennsylvania → |
| hasFunction |
appellate jurisdiction over certain federal cases
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trial jurisdiction over certain federal cases → |
| hasJurisdictionOver |
admiralty and maritime cases in eastern Pennsylvania
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diversity jurisdiction cases in eastern Pennsylvania → federal criminal cases in eastern Pennsylvania → federal law cases arising in eastern Pennsylvania → |
| hasLanguage | English → |
| hasRole |
intermediate appellate court for certain federal cases
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trial-level court for significant federal matters → |
| hasSuccessor |
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania → |
| hasTerritorialJurisdiction | counties in eastern Pennsylvania assigned to the Eastern District → |
| historicalPeriod | 19th-century United States legal history → |
| isPartOfHistoryOf |
United States federal courts
NERFINISHED
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judiciary of Pennsylvania → |
| legalForm | court of record → |
| locatedInJurisdiction |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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surface form: "Eastern District of Pennsylvania"
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| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Pennsylvania → |
| locatedInTime | early United States judiciary period → |
| namedAfter |
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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surface form: "Eastern District of Pennsylvania"
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| operatedAs | regional federal court → |
| partOf |
United States circuit courts (old trial-level circuit courts)
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surface form: "United States circuit court system (pre-1912)"
United States federal court hierarchy prior to 1891 → early federal court structure under the Judiciary Act of 1789 → federal judiciary of the United States NERFINISHED → |
| replacedBy |
United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania → |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Corfield v. Coryell
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hasCourt
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United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
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