D.C. Circuit
Cornelia Thayer Livingston Pillard
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
Appointment
- Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit
- Title
- Judge
- Appointed by
- Barack ObamaDemocratic
- Seat
- CADC0208
- Nominated
- June 4, 2013
- Committee hearing
- July 24, 2013
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably)Sept. 19, 2013
- Senate vote
- 51–44Roll Call
- Confirmed
- Dec. 12, 2013
- Commissioned
- Dec. 17, 2013
- ABA rating
- Well Qualified
Source Federal Judicial Center.
Recent judicial activity
Opinions authored and panels sat on, most recent first.
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Sept. 25panel identified Sat on the panel in United States v. Roman Sterlingov
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Sept. 11
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Sept. 8opinion issued Authored the opinion in Center for Taxpayer Rights v. IRS
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Sept. 4panel identified Sat on the panel in Eric Flannery v. Mark Eckenwiler
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Aug. 25panel identified Sat on the panel in SGCI Holdings III LLC v. FCC
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Aug. 25
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Aug. 21panel identified Sat on the panel in Preferred Building Services, Inc. v. NLRB
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Aug. 18panel identified Sat on the panel in Hesai Technology Co., Ltd v. DOD
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Aug. 11panel identified Sat on the panel in Friends of Animals v. Martha Williams
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Aug. 7panel identified Sat on the panel in Goce Gligorov v. Nation of Brunei
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July 28panel identified Sat on the panel in The Estate of Stephen M. Jennions v. CFTC
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July 24opinion issued Authored the opinion in PhantomALERT Inc. v. Apple Inc.
Cases
Appellate cases on which this judge sat, drawn from panel information published with each decision.
Judicial writings
Opinions, concurrences and dissents attributed to this judge by the source record.
| Type | Case | Court | Filed |
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| Opinion | People of the State of Michigan v. DOE | D.C. Circuit | Sept. 11, 2026 |
| Opinion | Center for Taxpayer Rights v. IRS | D.C. Circuit | Sept. 8, 2026 |
| Opinion | Jannease Johnson v. DC | D.C. Circuit | July 24, 2026 |
| Opinion | PhantomALERT Inc. v. Apple Inc. | D.C. Circuit | July 24, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | United States v. David Zobel | D.C. Circuit | July 17, 2026 |
| Dissent | Alishea Kingdom v. Donald Trump | D.C. Circuit | June 17, 2026 |
| Opinion of the Court | Jane Doe v. Todd Blanche | D.C. Circuit | April 17, 2026 |
| Opinion | Saad Bin Khalid v. TSA | D.C. Circuit | April 14, 2026 |
| Dissent | Saad Khalid v. Todd Blanche | D.C. Circuit | April 14, 2026 |
| Opinion | United Mexican States v. Lion Mexico Consolidated L.P. | D.C. Circuit | April 7, 2026 |
| Opinion | Joshua Atchley v. AstraZeneca UK Limited | D.C. Circuit | Jan. 23, 2026 |
| Opinion | David De Csepel v. Republic of Hungary | D.C. Circuit | Jan. 23, 2026 |
| Dissent | Nicolas Talbott v. USA | D.C. Circuit | Dec. 9, 2025 |
| Writing | J.G.G. v. Donald J. Trump | D.C. Circuit | Nov. 14, 2025 |
| Opinion | Solar Energy Industries Association v. FERC | D.C. Circuit | Sept. 9, 2025 |
| Opinion | Lamar Forbes v. John Phelan | D.C. Circuit | Sept. 2, 2025 |
| Opinion | New Mexico Cattle Growers' Association v. FWS | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 22, 2025 |
| Dissent | National Treasury Employees Union v. Russell Vought | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 15, 2025 |
| Concurrence in part | Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Le v. Kristi Noem | D.C. Circuit | Aug. 1, 2025 |
| Opinion | Washington Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights and Urban Affairs v. DOJ | D.C. Circuit | July 25, 2025 |