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United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Current United States federal appellate court

Field	Value
court_type	circuit
court_name	United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
abbreviation	11th Cir.
seal	US-CourtOfAppeals-11thCircuit-Seal.png
seal_size	150
map_image_name	File:11th Circuit map.svg
courthouse	Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building
location	Atlanta, Georgia
appeals_from	Middle District of Alabama
appeals_from1	Northern District of Alabama
appeals_from2	Southern District of Alabama
appeals_from3	Middle District of Florida
appeals_from4	Northern District of Florida
appeals_from5	Southern District of Florida
appeals_from6	Middle District of Georgia
appeals_from7	Northern District of Georgia
appeals_from8	Southern District of Georgia
established	October 1, 1981
judges_assigned	12
circuit_justice	Clarence Thomas
chief	William H. Pryor Jr.
official_site

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (in case citations, 11th Cir.) is a federal appellate court over the following U.S. district courts:

Middle District of Alabama
Northern District of Alabama
Southern District of Alabama
Middle District of Florida
Northern District of Florida
Southern District of Florida
Middle District of Georgia
Northern District of Georgia
Southern District of Georgia

These districts were originally part of the Fifth Circuit, but were split off to form the Eleventh Circuit on October 1, 1981. For this reason, Fifth Circuit decisions from before this split are considered binding precedent in the Eleventh Circuit.

The court is based at the Elbert P. Tuttle U.S. Court of Appeals Building in Atlanta, Georgia. The building is named for Elbert Tuttle, who served as Chief Judge of the Fifth Circuit in the 1960s and was known for issuing decisions which advanced the civil rights of African-Americans.

The Eleventh Circuit is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals.

Current composition of the court

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

Notes

References

Citations

Sources

{{cite web |access-date = June 20, 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051021220038/https://lawclerks.ao.uscourts.gov/web/jobSearch |archive-date = October 21, 2005 |url-status = dead
- 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 20, 2005 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20050424035316/http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_11_frm?OpenFrameSet |archive-date = April 24, 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

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reorganization Act of 1980, {{USStatute. 96. 452. 94. 1994. 1980. 10. 14
''[http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/661/1206/297940/ Bonner v. City of Prichard]'', 661 F.2d 1206 (11th Cir. 1981).
''[http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/667/33/76649/ Stein v. Reynolds Secs., Inc.]'', 667 F.2d 33 (11th Cir. 1982).

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