Circuit Court Of Appeals (Noun)
Meaning
One of the twelve federal United States courts of appeals that cover a group of states known as a `circuit'.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The case was initially heard in a US district court, but the plaintiff filed an appeal which was eventually heard by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
- The court hears appeals from US federal district courts of Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee in the Sixth Circuit.
- She was appointed a judge of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, where she worked for several decades and heard many significant cases.
- Generally an appeal from a federal district court is first made to a circuit court of appeals for the federal judicial circuit where the district court sits.
- Appointments to a Circuit Court of Appeals must be confirmed by a simple majority of the US Senate following hearings.