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United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Current United States federal appellate court

Field	Value
court_type	circuit
court_name	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
abbreviation	3d Cir.
seal	Seal of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.svg
seal_size	150
map_image_name	File:3rd Circuit map.svg
courthouse	James A. Byrne U.S. Courthouse
location	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
appeals_from	District of Delaware
appeals_from1	District of New Jersey
appeals_from2	Eastern District of Pennsylvania
appeals_from3	Middle District of Pennsylvania
appeals_from4	Western District of Pennsylvania
appeals_from5	District of the Virgin Islands
established	June 16, 1891
judges_assigned	14
circuit_justice	Samuel Alito
chief	Michael Chagares
official_site

The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts for the following districts:

District of Delaware
District of New Jersey
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Middle District of Pennsylvania
Western District of Pennsylvania

This circuit also hears appeals from the District Court of the Virgin Islands, which is an Article IV territorial court and not a district court under Article III of the Constitution.

The court is composed of 14 active judges and is based at the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The court also conducts sittings in other venues, including the United States Virgin Islands. It is one of 13 United States courts of appeals. Due to the court's appellate jurisdiction over Delaware, where more than half of publicly traded companies in the United States incorporate, the court handles a significant number of influential commercial cases in the United States.

Current composition of the court

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

References

"Notice for Sitting in Virgin Islands".
"U. S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit".
"Third Circuit Court of Appeals Judges".
Recess appointment, confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] at a later date.
Archbald did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated [[United States Commerce Court]] in 1910 by [[William Howard Taft]]. Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the [[chief justice of the United States]] to whichever circuit most needed help. Archbald was assigned to the Third Circuit upon his commission.

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