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Parent topics

•  Supreme Court of the United States: The final federal court of appeals in the U.S., consisting of nine Justices. ^[e]
  •  U.S. Courts of Appeals: The 13 intermediate appellate courts (also called "circuit courts") in the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government ^[e]
    •  United States District Courts: The 94 first-level trial courts of the Judicial Branch of the U.S. Government. ^[e]

Cases

•  Hamdi v. Rumsfeld: A 2004 opinion by the Supreme Court of the United States, which held that a U.S. citizen, captured in a combat zone and alleged to be bearing arms against the United States, still was entitled to a judicial hearing to determine if he was an enemy combatant subject to military, rather than civilian, law ^[e]
•  el-Masri v. Tenet: A case involving extrajudicial detention, in which the U.S. government stopped a lawsuit by a person captured due to an error in identification, by invoking the state secrets privilege; the dismissal was upheld by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and has been as a strong precedent for a wide interpretation of the privilege ^[e]

The U.S. Courts of Appeals, a.k.a. Circuit Courts

• U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for ME, MA, NH, Puerto Rico and RI, located in Boston, Massachusetts. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for CT, NY and VT, located in New York City. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for DE, NJ and PA, located in Philadelphia. ^[e]
•  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for DE, MD, NC, SC, VA, and WV, located in Richmond. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for LA, MS and TX, located in New Orleans. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for KY, MI, OH, and TN, located in Cincinnati. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for IL, IN and WI, located in Chicago. ^[e]
•  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for AR, IO, MN, MI, NE, ND and SD, located in St. Louis. ^[e]
•  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for AK, AZ, CA, HI, ID, NV, OR, and WA, located in San Francisco. ^[e]
•  U.S. Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for CO, KA, NM, OK, UT, and WY, located in Denver. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit: The U.S. Court of Appeals for AL, FL and GA, located in Atlanta. ^[e]
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit: Add brief definition or description
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit: Add brief definition or description