United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

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The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

The court is based at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri. It is one of thirteen United States Courts of Appeals.

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Trivia

With 9 of it's 11 judges appointed by Republicans, the Eighth Circuit is the highest percentage Republican-appointed Court of Appeals in the nation with 82% of its sitting judges appointed by Republican Presidents. See Partisan mix of the circuit courts. The opposite end of the political spectrum is represented by the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, which has the highest percentage of Democratic appointees at 67%. See Id.

The Eighth Circuit is also one of only two Courts of Appeals in the nation to have a majority of its judges appointed by a single President. George W. Bush has appointed 6 of the Court's 11 alloted judges since assuming office in 2001. See Eighth Circuit Appointments. All six appointees came in his first term. The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, however, is a majority-Clinton court, with 7 of its entire 13 active judges appointed during his two terms. See Second Circuit Appointments.

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Current composition of the court

As of Theodore McMillian's death on January 18, 2006, the judges on the court are:

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List of former judges

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(a) Caldwell was appointed as a 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.
(b) Recess appointment, confirmed by the Senate at a later date.
(c) 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.

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Chief judges

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Succession of seats

The court has had thirteen seats for active judges. Two of these seats were reassigned to the United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, leaving an eleven-seat court. The seats are numbered in order of their creation. If seats were established simultaneously, they are numbered in the order in which they were filled. Judges who retire into senior status remain on the bench but leave their seat vacant. That seat is filled by the next circuit judge appointed by the President.

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See also

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References

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    • primary but incomplete source for the duty stations
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    • secondary source for the duty stations
    • data is current to 2002
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    • source for the state, lifetime, term of active judgeship, term of chief judgeship, term of senior judgeship, appointer, termination reason, and seat information
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    • source for McMillian's death
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External links

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