7th_Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
(7th Cir.)
Location	Everett McKinley Dirksen U.S. Courthouse (Chicago)
Appeals from	Central District of Illinois; Northern District of Illinois; Southern District of Illinois; Northern District of Indiana; Southern District of Indiana; Eastern District of Wisconsin; Western District of Wisconsin;
Established	June 16, 1891
Judges	11
Circuit Justice	Amy Coney Barrett
Chief Judge	Diane S. Sykes
	www.ca7.uscourts.gov

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Current United States federal appellate court

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts:

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The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago and is composed of eleven appellate judges. It is one of 13 United States courts of appeals.

The court offers a relatively unique internet presence that includes wiki and RSS feeds of opinions and oral arguments.^[1] It is also notable for having one of the most prominent law and economics scholars, Judge Frank Easterbrook, on its court.^[2] Richard Posner, another prominent law and economics scholar, also served on this court until his retirement in 2017.^[3] Three judges from the Seventh Circuit, Sherman Minton, John Paul Stevens, and Amy Coney Barrett, have been appointed as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court.

The Dirksen Federal Building, seat of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

Succession of seats

The court has eleven seats for active judges, numbered in the order in which they were initially filled. Judges who assume senior status enter a kind of retirement in which they remain on the bench but vacate their seats, thus allowing the U.S. President to appoint new judges to fill their seats.

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Seventh Circuit Opinions. The Seventh Circuit is now joined by the Courts of Appeals for the First, Second, Fourth, Ninth, DC, and Federal Circuits in having RSS feeds of their opinions.

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Lewis, Neil A. (May 11, 2009). "Potential Justice Offers a Counterpoint in Chicago". New York Times. Retrieved May 26, 2010.

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O'Connell, Jason Meisner, Patrick M. "Richard Posner announces sudden retirement from federal appeals court in Chicago". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2018-03-01.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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"Ilana Rovner Letter to President Biden" (PDF). U.S. Court of Appeals for the 7th Circuit. January 12, 2024.

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"Futute Judicial Vacancies".

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Gresham was appointed as a circuit judge for the Seventh Circuit in 1884 by Chester A. Arthur. The Judiciary Act of 1891 reassigned his seat to what is now the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit.

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Mack did not have a permanent seat on this court. Instead, he was appointed to the ill-fated United States Commerce Court in 1910 by William Howard Taft. Aside from their duties on the Commerce Court, the judges of the Commerce Court also acted as at-large appellate judges, able to be assigned by the Chief Justice of the United States to whichever circuit most needed help. Mack was assigned to the Seventh Circuit upon his commission.

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Recess appointment, later confirmed by the United States Senate.

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28 U.S.C. § 45

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62 Stat. 871, 72 Stat. 497, 96 Stat. 51

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#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
53	Chief Judge	Diane S. Sykes	Milwaukee, WI	1957	2004–present	2020–present	—	G.W. Bush
45	Circuit Judge	Frank Easterbrook	Chicago, IL	1948	1985–present	2006–2013	—	Reagan
49	Circuit Judge	Ilana Rovner	Chicago, IL	1938	1992–present	—	—	G.H.W. Bush
57	Circuit Judge	Michael B. Brennan	Milwaukee, WI	1963	2018–present	—	—	Trump
58	Circuit Judge	Michael Y. Scudder	Chicago, IL	1971	2018–present	—	—	Trump
59	Circuit Judge	Amy St. Eve	Chicago, IL	1965	2018–present	—	—	Trump
60	Circuit Judge	Thomas Kirsch	Hammond, IN	1974	2020–present	—	—	Trump
61	Circuit Judge	Candace Jackson-Akiwumi	Chicago, IL	1979	2021–present	—	—	Biden
62	Circuit Judge	John Z. Lee	Chicago, IL	1968	2022–present	—	—	Biden
63	Circuit Judge	Doris Pryor	Indianapolis, IN	1977	2022–present	—	—	Biden
64	Circuit Judge	Joshua P. Kolar	Hammond, IN	1976	2024–present	—	—	Biden
38	Senior Circuit Judge	William J. Bauer	inactive	1926	1974–1994	1986–1993	1994–present	Ford
44	Senior Circuit Judge	Joel Flaum	Chicago, IL	1936	1983–2020	2000–2006	2020–present	Reagan
46	Senior Circuit Judge	Kenneth Francis Ripple	South Bend, IN	1943	1985–2008	—	2008–present	Reagan
47	Senior Circuit Judge	Daniel Anthony Manion	inactive	1942	1986–2007	—	2007–present	Reagan
50	Senior Circuit Judge	Diane Wood	Chicago, IL	1950	1995–2022	2013–2020	2022–present	Clinton
55	Senior Circuit Judge	David Hamilton	Bloomington, IN	1957	2009–2022	—	2022–present	Obama

#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	Walter Q. Gresham	IN	1832–1895	1891–1893	—	—	Arthur / Operation of law^[6]	resignation
2	William Allen Woods	IN	1837–1901	1892–1901	—	—	B. Harrison	death
3	James Graham Jenkins	WI	1834–1921	1893–1905	—	—	Cleveland	retirement
4	John William Showalter	IL	1844–1898	1895–1898	—	—	Cleveland	death
5	Peter S. Grosscup	IL	1852–1921	1899–1911	—	—	McKinley	resignation
6	Francis Elisha Baker	IN	1860–1924	1902–1924	—	—	T. Roosevelt	death
7	William Henry Seaman	WI	1842–1915	1905–1915	—	—	T. Roosevelt	death
8	Christian Cecil Kohlsaat	IL	1844–1918	1905–1918	—	—	T. Roosevelt	death
9	Julian Mack	IL	1866–1943	1911–1929	—	—	^[7]	reassigned to the 6th Circuit
10	Samuel Alschuler^[8]	IL	1859–1939	1915–1936	—	1936–1939	Wilson	death
11	Evan Alfred Evans	WI	1876–1948	1916–1948	—	—	Wilson	death
12	George True Page	IL	1859–1941	1919–1930	—	1930–1941	Wilson	death
13	Albert Barnes Anderson	IN	1857–1938	1925–1929	—	1929–1938	Coolidge	death
14	William Morris Sparks	IN	1872–1950	1929–1948	1948	1948–1950	Hoover	death
15	Louis Fitzhenry	IL	1870–1935	1933–1935	—	—	F. Roosevelt	death
16	James Earl Major	IL	1887–1972	1937–1956	1948–1954	1956–1972	F. Roosevelt	death
17	Walter Emanuel Treanor	IN	1883–1941	1937–1941	—	—	F. Roosevelt	death
18	Otto Kerner Sr.^[8]	IL	1884–1952	1938–1952	—	—	F. Roosevelt	death
19	Sherman Minton	IN	1890–1965	1941–1949	—	—	F. Roosevelt	elevation to Supreme Court
20	F. Ryan Duffy	WI	1888–1979	1949–1966	1954–1959	1966–1979	Truman	death
21	Philip J. Finnegan	IL	1886–1959	1949–1959	—	—	Truman	death
22	Walter C. Lindley	IL	1880–1958	1949–1958	—	—	Truman	death
23	Hardress Nathaniel Swaim^[8]	IN	1880–1957	1949–1957	—	—	Truman	death
24	Elmer Jacob Schnackenberg^[8]	IL	1889–1968	1953–1968	—	—	Eisenhower	death
25	John Simpson Hastings	IN	1898–1977	1957–1969	1959–1968	1969–1977	Eisenhower	death
26	William Lynn Parkinson	IN	1902–1959	1957–1959	—	—	Eisenhower	death
27	Winfred George Knoch	IL	1895–1983	1958–1967	—	1967–1983	Eisenhower	death
28	Latham Castle	IL	1900–1986	1959–1970	1968–1970	1970–1986	Eisenhower	death
29	Roger Kiley	IL	1900–1974	1961–1974	—	1974	Kennedy	death
30	Luther Merritt Swygert	IN	1905–1988	1961–1981	1970–1975	1981–1988	Kennedy	death
31	Thomas E. Fairchild	WI	1912–2007	1966–1981	1975–1981	1981–2007	L. Johnson	death
32	Walter J. Cummings Jr.	IL	1916–1999	1966–1999	1981–1986	—	L. Johnson	death
33	Otto Kerner Jr.	IL	1908–1976	1968–1974	—	—	L. Johnson	resignation
34	Wilbur Frank Pell Jr.	IN	1915–2000	1970–1984	—	1984–2000	Nixon	death
35	John Paul Stevens	IL	1920–2019	1970–1975	—	—	Nixon	elevation to Supreme Court
36	Robert Arthur Sprecher	IL	1917–1982	1971–1982	—	—	Nixon	death
37	Philip Willis Tone	IL	1923–2001	1974–1980	—	—	Nixon	resignation
39	Harlington Wood Jr.	IL	1920–2008	1976–1992	—	1992–2008	Ford	death
40	Richard Dickson Cudahy	WI	1926–2015	1979–1994	—	1994–2015	Carter	death
41	Jesse E. Eschbach	IN	1920–2005	1981–1985	—	1985–2005	Reagan	death
42	Richard Posner	IL	1939–present	1981–2017	1993–2000	—	Reagan	retirement
43	John Louis Coffey	WI	1922–2012	1982–2004	—	2004–2012	Reagan	death
48	Michael Stephen Kanne	IN	1938–2022	1987–2022	—	—	Reagan	death
51	Terence T. Evans	WI	1940–2011	1995–2010	—	2010–2011	Clinton	death
52	Ann Claire Williams	IL	1949–present	1999–2017	—	2017–2018	Clinton	retirement
54	John Daniel Tinder	IN	1950–present	2007–2015	—	2015	G.W. Bush	retirement
56	Amy Coney Barrett	IN	1972–present	2017–2020	—	—	Trump	elevation to Supreme Court

Chief Judge
Sparks	1948
Major	1948–1954
Duffy	1954–1959
Hastings	1959–1968
Castle	1968–1970
Swygert	1970–1975
Fairchild	1975–1981
Cummings, Jr.	1981–1986
Bauer	1986–1993
Posner	1993–2000
Flaum	2000–2006
Easterbrook	2006–2013
D. Wood	2013–2020
Sykes	2020–present

7th_Cir.

United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Current composition of the court

Vacancies and pending nominations

List of former judges

Chief judges

Succession of seats

See also

References

External links

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