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Eleventh Circuit

Hears appeals from federal courts in Alabama, Florida and Georgia. Its rulings bind every federal court there unless the Supreme Court steps in.

Federal appeals court · 3 states · Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

States it covers
3
AL, FL, GA

Where it sits

  1. Supreme CourtCan take any case below on a federal question. It hears very few.
  2. Eleventh Circuit (this court)Federal appeals court
  3. Courts whose rulings it reviewsD. AlabamaM.D. AlabamaN.D. AlabamaS.D. AlabamaD. FloridaM.D. FloridaN.D. FloridaS.D. FloridaD. GeorgiaM.D. GeorgiaN.D. GeorgiaS.D. Georgia

What it has decided

Latest decisions

Opinions filed most recently, newest first.

Opinions per year

2016 to 2026. This year so far is the dark bar.

Most relied on

Its decisions from the last ten years that later opinions cite most.

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