The [[United States Court of Appeals|Court of Appeals]] for the Second Circuit sits in [[Manhattan]] and presides over appeals from [[New York]], [[Connecticut]] and [[Vermont]].
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The [[United States Court of Appeals|Court of Appeals]] for the Second Circuit sits in [[Manhattan]] and presides over appeals from .
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[[category:Law]]
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The '''United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit''' is an intermediate federal appellate court based in the [[Manhattan]] borough of [[New York City]]. It hears appeals from federal district courts in [[New York]], [[Connecticut]] and [[Vermont]]. Notable Second Circuit judges include [[Learned Hand]] and [[Guido Calabresi]]. Three judges from the Second Circuit have been elevated to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]: [[John Marshall Harlan II]], [[Thurgood Marshall]], and [[Sonia Sotemayor]]. The Second Circuit is considered an especially important court, hearing appeals from the [[U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York]], which deals with most of the civil and criminal cases concerning [[Wall Street]] and the financial services industry.