United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit explained
| Court Type: | circuit |
| Court Name: | United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit |
| Abbreviation: | 6th Cir. |
| Seal: | US-CourtOfAppeals-6thCircuit-Seal.png |
| Seal Size: | 150 |
| Map Image Name: | File:6th Circuit map.svg |
| Courthouse: | Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse |
| Location: | Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Appeals From: | Eastern District of Kentucky |
| Appeals From1: | Western District of Kentucky |
| Appeals From2: | Eastern District of Michigan |
| Appeals From3: | Western District of Michigan |
| Appeals From4: | Northern District of Ohio |
| Appeals From5: | Southern District of Ohio |
| Appeals From6: | Eastern District of Tennessee |
| Appeals From7: | Middle District of Tennessee |
| Appeals From8: | Western District of Tennessee |
| Established: | June 16, 1891 |
| Judges Assigned: | 16 |
| Circuit Justice: | Brett Kavanaugh |
| Chief: | Jeffrey Sutton |
The United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit (in case citations, 6th Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:
The court is composed of sixteen judges and is based at the Potter Stewart U.S. Courthouse in Cincinnati, Ohio. It is one of 13 United States courts of appeals.
The United States federal courts were divided into six circuits in 1801, but a circuit court of appeals was not established until the passage of the Judiciary Act of 1891.[1]
William Howard Taft, the only person ever to serve as both President and Chief Justice of the United States, once served on the Sixth Circuit. Four other judges of the Sixth Circuit have been elevated to serve on the Supreme Court, the last being Potter Stewart in 1958.__TOC__
Current composition of the Court
Vacancies and pending nominations
Case law
See also
References
- Web site: Standard Search . Federal Law Clerk Information System . June 26, 2005 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20051021220038/https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/web/jobSearch . October 21, 2005.
- primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
- Web site: Instructions for Judicial Directory. Website of the University of Texas Law School. July 4, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051111193332/http://www.utexas.edu/law/depts/career/downloads/judicial_listing.html . November 11, 2005.
- secondary source for the duty stations
- data is current to 2002
- Web site: U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Official website of the Federal Judicial Center. June 26, 2005 . https://web.archive.org/web/20050101190855/http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_06_frm?OpenFrameSet . January 1, 2005.
- source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information
- Web site: Susan Bieke Neilson: She had a passion for justice. Detroit Free Press. February 7, 2006. https://web.archive.org/web/20060914075423/http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20060128%2FNEWS08%2F601280315. September 14, 2006. dead.
- obituary for death of Susan Bieke Neilson
External links
Notes and References
- M. Neil Reed, Tom Vanderloo, and Stephanie Woebkenberg, "A History of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: Ohio, Kentucky, Michigan, and Tennessee", The Federal Lawyer (August 2016), p. 34-38.
- News: Biden gains 6th Circuit vacancy to fill as Gibbons takes senior status. Reuters. August 18, 2023.
- Web site: Raymond . Nate . 6th Circuit's Stranch to take senior status, creating court vacancy . . https://archive.today/20240129205308/https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/6th-circuits-stranch-take-senior-status-creating-court-vacancy-2024-01-29/ . January 29, 2024 . January 29, 2024.
- Rogers v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. . 230 . F.3d . 868 . 6th Cir. . 2000 . https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/230/868/587760/ . 2017-11-08 .
