United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
(8th Cir.)
LocationThomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse
(St. Louis, Missouri)
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Appeals from
EstablishedJune 16, 1891
Judges11
Circuit JusticeBrett Kavanaugh
Chief JudgeSteven Colloton
www.ca8.uscourts.gov

The United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit (in case citations, 8th Cir.) is a United States federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts:

Created by the 25th United States Congress through passage of the Eighth and Ninth Circuits Act of 1837, the court is composed of 11 active judges. It is based primarily at the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse in St. Louis, Missouri, and secondarily at the Warren E. Burger United States Courthouse in St. Paul, Minnesota. It is one of 13 United States courts of appeals. In 1929, Congress passed a statute dividing the Eighth Circuit, placing Minnesota, Iowa, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Arkansas in the Eighth Circuit and creating a Tenth Circuit that included Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, New Mexico, Kansas, and Oklahoma.

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