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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (in case citations, 5th Cir.) is one of the 13 United States courts of appeals. It has appellate...
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    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...
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    The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary. They hear appeals of cases from the...
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  • conviction or charge. It came from a 2023 decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit invalidating a federal law prohibiting individuals...
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  • Robert Smith Vance (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and later the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh...
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    Louisiana. Appeals from the Western District of Louisiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims...
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  • to the newly created United States circuit courts of appeals, which are now known as the United States courts of appeals. On January 1, 1912, the effective...
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    James C. Ho (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    lawyer and jurist serving since 2018 as a U.S. circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by President Donald Trump...
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  • The "Fifth Circuit Four" (or simply "The Four") were four judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit who, during the late 1950s...
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  • Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals for...
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    Kyle Duncan (judge) (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    August 9, 1972) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed to the court by President Donald...
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    hear appeals from United States district courts within limited geographic areas. For example, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit hears...
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    New Orleans. Appeals from the Eastern District of Louisiana are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims...
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    Dana Douglas (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a United States magistrate judge of...
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    the Southern District of Texas are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the...
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    Priscilla Richman (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of...
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    United States v. Texas, et al. is a court case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit regarding Texas Senate Bill 4, a statute allowing...
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    Andrew Oldham (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    Stephen Oldham (born 1978) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former General Counsel to Texas...
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  • Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Mississippi are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent...
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    were taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The District was established in 1914. It was originally under the War Department...
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    Edith Jones (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    April 7, 1949) is a United States circuit judge and the former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jones was nominated...
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  • James L. Dennis (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    politician serving as a senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, with chambers in New Orleans,...
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    Jennifer Walker Elrod (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit since 2007. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th...
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    United States v. Emerson, 270 F.3d 203 (5th Cir. 2001), cert. denied, 536 U.S. 907 (2002), is a decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the...
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    James E. Graves Jr. (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    American lawyer who serves as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. The son of a Baptist minister, Graves...
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    Leslie H. Southwick (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and a former judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals. Born...
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  • Thumbnail for John Minor Wisdom United States Court of Appeals Building
    courthouse for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. In 2015 it was designated a National Historic Landmark for its extensive role in...
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    Carl E. Stewart (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    Stewart (born January 2, 1950) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by Bill Clinton...
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    Stephen A. Higginson (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    12, 1961) is a circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and the Presiding Judge of the United States Foreign Intelligence...
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  • Emilio M. Garza (category Judges of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)
    United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and former United States District Judge of the United States District...
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