United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
The United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (in case citations, 3d Cir.)The court is composed of 14 active judges and is based at the James A. Byrne United States Courthouse in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.The court also conducts sittings in other venues, including the United States Virgin Islands.Due to the court's appellate jurisdiction over Delaware, where more than half of publicly-traded companies in the United States incorporate, the court handles a significant number of influential commercial cases in the United States.The court has fourteen seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were initially filled.
James A. Byrne U.S. CourthousePhiladelphiaPennsylvaniaDistrict of DelawareDistrict of New JerseyEastern District of PennsylvaniaMiddle District of PennsylvaniaWestern District of PennsylvaniaDistrict of the Virgin IslandsSamuel AlitoChief JudgeMichael Chagarescase citationsfederal courtappellate jurisdictiondistrict courtsdistrictsDistrict Court of the Virgin Islandsterritorial courtJames A. Byrne United States CourthouseUnited States Virgin IslandsUnited States courts of appealsDelawareSeniorNewark, NJG.W. BushThomas HardimanPittsburgh, PAPatty ShwartzCheryl Ann KrausePhiladelphia, PAL. Felipe RestrepoStephanos BibasDavid J. PorterPaul MateyPeter J. PhippsArianna J. FreemanTamika Montgomery-ReevesWilmington, DECindy K. ChungAnthony Joseph SciricaReaganRobert CowenRichard Lowell NygaardErie, PAJane Richards RothG.H.W. BushTheodore McKeeClintonMarjorie RendellThomas L. AmbroJulio M. FuentesD. Brooks SmithDuncansville, PAD. Michael FisherJoseph A. Greenaway Jr.Kent A. JordanChief JudgeSenior statusMarcus Wilson Acheson B. HarrisonOperation of lawGeorge M. DallasB. HarrisonGeorge Gray McKinleyJoseph BuffingtonT. RooseveltWilliam M. LanningRobert W. ArchbaldJohn Bayard McPhersonVictor Baynard Woolley WilsonThomas Griffith HaightJohn Warren DavisJoseph Whitaker Thompson HooverJohn Biggs Jr.F. RooseveltAlbert Branson MarisWilliam ClarkFrancis BiddleCharles Alvin JonesHerbert Funk GoodrichGerald McLaughlinJohn Joseph O'Connell TrumanHarry Ellis KalodnerWilliam H. HastieAustin Leander StaleyPhillip Forman EisenhowerJames Cullen Ganey KennedyWilliam Francis SmithAbraham Lincoln FreedmanL. JohnsonCollins J. SeitzFrancis Lund Van DusenRuggero J. AldisertDavid Henry StahlArlin M. Adams NixonJohn Joseph GibbonsMax RosennJames RosenJames Hunter IIIJoseph F. Weis Jr.Leonard I. GarthA. Leon Higginbotham Jr. CarterDolores SloviterEdward R. Becker ReaganCarol Los MansmannWalter King StapletonMorton Ira GreenbergWilliam D. HutchinsonSupreme CourtTimothy K. LewisH. Lee Sarokin ClintonMaryanne Trump BarryMichael ChertoffFranklin Van Antwerpen Obama