U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

New York City, New York13 authorized judgeships

About the Court

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United States federal appellate court

United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
(2d Cir.)


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The United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (in case citations, 2d Cir.) is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the district courts in the following districts:

History

List of former judges

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#	Judge	State	Born–died	Active service	Chief Judge	Senior status	Appointed by	Reason for termination
1	William James Wallace	NY	1837–1917	1891–1907[Note 1]	—	—	Arthur / Operation of law	retirement
2	Emile Henry Lacombe	NY	1846–1924	1891–1916[Note 2]	—	—	Cleveland / Operation of law	retirement
3	Nathaniel Shipman	CT	1828–1906	1892–1902	—	—	B. Harrison	retirement
4	William Kneeland Townsend	CT	1849–1907	1902–1907	—	—	T. Roosevelt	death
5	Alfred Conkling Coxe Sr.	NY	1847–1923	1902–1917	—	—	T. Roosevelt	retirement
6	Henry Galbraith Ward	NY	1851–1933	1907–1921[4]	—	1921–1924	T. Roosevelt	retirement
7	Walter Chadwick Noyes	CT	1865–1926	1907–1913[4]	—	—	T. Roosevelt	resignation
8	Martin Augustine Knapp	NY	1843–1923	1910–1916	—	—	[a]	reassigned
9	Henry Wade Rogers	CT	1853–1926	1913–1926	—	—	Wilson	death
10	Charles Merrill Hough	NY	1858–1927	1916–1927	—	—	Wilson	death
11	Martin Thomas Manton	NY	1880–1946	1918–1939	—	—	Wilson	resignation
12	Julius Marshuetz Mayer	NY	1865–1925	1921–1924	—	—	Harding	resignation
13	Learned Hand	NY	1872–1961	1924–1951	1948–1951	1951–1961	Coolidge	death
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Judges

Current composition of the court

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As of July 13, 2024[update]:

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service	Appointed by
Active	Chief	Senior
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66	Chief Judge	Debra Ann Livingston	New York, NY	1959	2007–present	2020–present
69	Circuit Judge	Raymond Lohier	New York, NY	1965	2010–present	—
72	Circuit Judge	Richard J. Sullivan	New York, NY	1964	2018–present	—
73	Circuit Judge	Joseph F. Bianco	Central Islip, NY	1966	2019–present	—
74	Circuit Judge	Michael H. Park	New York, NY	1976	2019–present	—
75	Circuit Judge	William J. Nardini	New Haven, CT	1969	2019–present	—
76	Circuit Judge	Steven Menashi	New York, NY	1979	2019–present	—
77	Circuit Judge	Eunice C. Lee	New York, NY	1970	2021–present	—
78	Circuit Judge	Beth Robinson	Burlington, VT	1965	2021–present	—
79	Circuit Judge	Myrna Pérez	New York, NY	1974	2021–present	—
80	Circuit Judge	Alison Nathan	New York, NY	1972	2022–present	—
81	Circuit Judge	Sarah A. L. Merriam	Bridgeport, CT	1971	2022–present	—
82	Circuit Judge	Maria Araújo Kahn	New Haven, CT	1964	2023–present	—
41	Senior Judge	Jon O. Newman	Hartford, CT	1932	1979–1997	1993–1997
42	Senior Judge	Amalya Kearse	New York, NY

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Jurisdiction Detail

Jurisdiction

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Its territory covers the states of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont, and it has appellate jurisdiction over the U.S. district courts in the following federal judicial districts and areas:

The Second Circuit has its clerk's office and courtrooms at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Foley Square in Lower Manhattan.

Because the Second Circuit includes New York City (in the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York), it has long been one of the most prestigious and influential federal appellate courts in the United States, especially in matters of contract law, securities law, and antitrust law. In the 20th century, it came to be considered one of the two most prominent federal appellate courts, along with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.[2] Several notable judges have served on the Second Circuit, including three later named Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court: John Marshall Harlan II, Thurgood Marshall, and Sonia Sotomayor. Judge Learned Hand served on the court from 1924 to 1961, as did his cousin, Augustus Noble Hand, from 1927 until 1953. Judge Henry Friendly served from 1959 to 1986.

Daniel Patrick Moynihan United States Courthouse at 500 Pearl Street; the court's former temporary home

Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse at 40 Foley Square

Court overview, history, and judge data sourced from Wikipedia (CC-BY-SA 3.0).

Notable Opinions (4)

United States v. Microsoft Corp.

829 F.3d 197 (2d Cir. 2016)

United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJuly 14, 2016

Held that a U.S. warrant issued under the Stored Communications Act cannot compel Microsoft to produce customer emails stored on servers located in Ireland. The decision addressed the territorial reach of U.S. law enforcement in the cloud computing era and was later superseded by the CLOUD Act of 2018.

Circuit Courtcriminalbusiness

New York Times Co. v. United States (Pentagon Papers)

444 F.2d 544 (2d Cir. 1971)

United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitJune 23, 1971

Initially ruled against the New York Times in the Pentagon Papers case before the Supreme Court reversed. The Second Circuit's handling of the prior restraint issue in this expedited national security case shaped understanding of press freedom during wartime and government secrecy.

Circuit Courtcivil rights

Authors Guild v. Google, Inc.

804 F.3d 202 (2d Cir. 2015)

United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitOctober 16, 2015

Held that Google's digitization of copyrighted books for its Google Books search engine constitutes fair use under copyright law. The court found that Google's use was transformative because it provided a new and different purpose by enabling users to search for specific terms within millions of books.

Circuit Courtbusiness

United States v. Caronia

703 F.3d 149 (2d Cir. 2012)

United States Court of Appeals for the Second CircuitDecember 3, 2012

Held that the government's prosecution of a pharmaceutical sales representative for off-label drug promotion violated the First Amendment. Found that truthful, non-misleading speech about lawful drug uses is constitutionally protected, even when used to promote off-label prescribing by physicians.

Circuit Courthealthcarecivil rights

Jurisdiction

The Second Circuit covers the following jurisdictions:

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Court Information

Seat: New York City, New York
Authorized Judgeships: 13
Circuit Number: 2nd

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