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The federal appellate judiciary

Courts

The Supreme Court and the thirteen U.S. Courts of Appeals. Benchlight ingests case and opinion data for the courts marked as tracked; the others are listed so that judges and appeals can point at them.

CourtActiveSeniorCasesData
Supreme Court of the United States U.S. (reporter) 9 2 1,617 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit cited as 1st Cir. 6 6 1,993 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit cited as 2d Cir. 13 15 2,089 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit cited as 3d Cir. 14 10 1,538 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit cited as 4th Cir. 15 4 2,069 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit cited as 5th Cir. 17 7 2,067 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit cited as 6th Cir. 17 15 2,784 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit cited as 7th Cir. 11 4 1,993 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit cited as 8th Cir. 11 7 2,147 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit cited as 9th Cir. 29 22 2,320 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit cited as 10th Cir. 12 11 1,478 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit cited as 11th Cir. 12 10 1,970 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit cited as D.C. Cir. 11 5 1,643 Tracked
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit cited as Fed. Cir. 12 7 1,831 Tracked

Source Judge counts derive from Federal Judicial Center service records. Case counts reflect what Benchlight has ingested from CourtListener, not the court's full docket.