Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse at 40 Centre Street.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit is one of the thirteen United States Courts of Appeals. Its territory comprises the states of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont, and the court has appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

• District of Connecticut
• Eastern District of New York
• Northern District of New York
• Southern District of New York
• Western District of New York
• District of Vermont

The Second Circuit ordinarily has its clerk's office and hears oral arguments at the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse in Foley Square in lower Manhattan. Due to renovations at that building, during the summer of 2006 the court temporarily relocated to the Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse in New York, New York across Pearl Street from the Marshall Courthouse. Some of the Court's offices, including the Office of Legal Affairs, have moved to the Woolworth Building for the duration of the renovations, which are expected to take several years.

Current composition of the court

With twelve active and ten senior judges, the Second Circuit is midsized among the thirteen United States courts of appeals.

As of 2008, the judges on the court are:

Pending nominations

• President Bush has nominated Judge Loretta Preska (SDNY) to fill the seat vacated by Judge Chester Straub, who has assumed senior status.

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Notables

• Judge Learned Hand served on the Second Circuit from 1924 to 1951, as did his cousin, Augustus Noble Hand, from 1927 until 1953.
• Judge Henry Friendly served on the court from 1959 to 1974, and wrote a large number of notable and enduring opinions.

See also

• Federal judicial appointment history

Notes

References

• • primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
• • secondary source for the duty stations
  • data is current to 2002
• • source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information

External links

• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
• Recent opinions from FindLaw

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