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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.

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==

==External links==

*[http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/ Official website]

*[http://www.ca3.uscourts.gov/ Official website]

[[category: United States Law]]

[[Category:United States Law]]

[[Category:Circuit Courts]]

[[Category:Circuit Courts]]