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Third Circuit is part of the [[United States Court of Appeals]]. The Court of Appeals try federal cases on appeal from district courts. Federal appellate courts are governed by the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure. The United States is divided into twelve circuits (districts). The third circuit oversees the following districts:
The '''United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit''' is an intermediate federal appellate court based in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania. It hears appeals from federal district courts in [[Delaware]], [[New Jersey]] and [[Pennsylvania]] and from the territorial court in the [[Virgin Islands]]. Notable former Third Circuit judges include [[Francis Biddle]], who served as the chief American judge at the [[Nuremberg War Crimes Tribunal]] and [[Samuel Alito]], who was elevated to the [[U.S. Supreme Court]]. As the court has jurisdiction over appeals from the [[U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware]]--and most of the largest U.S. corporations are headquartered in Delaware--it has great influence over federal commercial law.
==External Links==
*[http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/ Official website]
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