United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
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The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts:
- Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of Illinois
- Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
- Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin
The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois.
Judges
The judges on the court (as of December 3, 2004) are:
- Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum, Chicago, Illinois
- Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, Chicago, Illinois
- Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, Chicago, Illinois
- Circuit Judge Kenneth F. Ripple, South Bend, Indiana
- Circuit Judge Daniel A. Manion, South Bend, Indiana
- Circuit Judge Michael S. Kanne, Lafayette, Indiana
- Circuit Judge Ilana K. D. Rovner, Chicago, Illinois
- Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood, Chicago, Illinois
- Circuit Judge Terence T. Evans, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Circuit Judge Ann C. Williams, Chicago, Illinois
- Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
- Senior Circuit Judge Thomas Edward Fairchild, Chicago, Illinois
- Senior Circuit Judge Wiliam J. Bauer, Chicago, Illinois
- Senior Circuit Judge Harlington Wood, Jr., Springfield, Illinois
- Senior Circuit Judge Richard D. Cudahy, Chicago, Illinois
- Senior Circuit Judge Jesse E. Eschbach, West Palm Beach, Florida
- Senior Circuit Judge John L. Coffey, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
(Here circuit judges and senior circuit judges are listed in order of seniority.)
No judgeships are vacant.
Chief judges
In order to qualify for the office of Chief Judge, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as Chief Judge. A vacancy in the office of Chief Judge is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The Chief Judge serves for a term of seven years or until age 70, whichever occurs first. The age restrictions are waived if no members of the court would otherwise be qualified for the position. Unlike the Chief Justice of the United States, a Chief Judge returns to active service after the expiration of his or her term and does not create a vacancy on the bench by the fact of his or her promotion. See 28 U.S.C. § 45 (http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=browse_usc&docid=Cite:+28USC45).
External links
- United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/)
- Recent opinions from FindLaw (http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=7th&navby=year&year=recent)
- Federal Judicial Center (http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/usca_07_frm?OpenFrameSet)Template:Gov-stub