Seal of the United States Court of
Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
The
United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth
Circuit (in
case citations,
8th Cir.) is a
federal court with
appellate jurisdiction over the
district courts in the
following
districts:
The court
is composed of eleven active judges and is based at the Thomas
F.
Eagleton Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri
. It is one of thirteen
United States courts of
appeals.
Current composition of the court
2009, the judges on the court are:
Vacancies and pending nominations
There are currently no circuit vacancies.
List of former judges
Chief judges
Succession of seats
Trivia
- The Eighth Circuit is the most Republican U.S. Court of
Appeals in the nation, with 9 of its 11 active judges (82%)
appointed by Republican Presidents. 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 57%.
See Federal
judicial appointment history.
- 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 seven of the Eighth
Circuit's eleven allotted judges since assuming office in 2001. The
United
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, however, is a
majority-Clinton court, with seven of
its thirteen judges appointed during his two terms as
President
See Federal
judicial appointment history.
See also
Notes
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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