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.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States circuit court
federal appellate court
federal trial court
appliesLegalSystem United States federal law
common law
appliesToJurisdiction eastern region of Pennsylvania
federal question cases in eastern Pennsylvania
country United States of America
surface form: "United States"
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
trial jurisdiction over certain federal cases
hasJurisdictionOver admiralty and maritime cases in eastern Pennsylvania
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
trial-level court for significant federal matters
hasSuccessor United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
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
judiciary of Pennsylvania
legalForm court of record
locatedInJurisdiction United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
surface form: "Eastern District of Pennsylvania"
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Pennsylvania
locatedInTime early United States judiciary period
namedAfter United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
surface form: "Eastern District of Pennsylvania"
operatedAs regional federal court
partOf United States circuit courts (old trial-level circuit courts)
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
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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Corfield v. Coryell hasCourt United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania