United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Current composition of the court

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Vacancies and pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Notes

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References

• {{cite web |access-date = June 10, 2005 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051021220038/https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/web/jobSearch |archive-date = October 21, 2005
  • primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
• {{cite web | access-date = July 4, 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051111193332/http://www.utexas.edu/law/depts/career/downloads/judicial_listing.html |archive-date = November 11, 2005}}
  • secondary source for the duty stations
  • data is current to 2002
• {{cite web | access-date = June 10, 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050502185439/http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_08_frm?OpenFrameSet |archive-date = May 2, 2005}}
  • source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information

References

1. "Tenth Circuit Act of 1929". Official website of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. "Future Judicial Vacancies | United States Courts".
3. Caldwell was appointed as a [[United States circuit court. circuit judge]] for the Eighth Circuit in 1890 by [[Benjamin Harrison]]. The [[Judiciary Act of 1891]] reassigned his seat to what is now the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit.
4. Recess appointment, confirmed by the [[United States Senate]] at a later date.
5. Carland did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated [[United States Commerce Court]] in 1911 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. Carland was assigned to the Eighth Circuit upon his commission.
6. and