Actually, to make things more interesting, there are three distinct courts:
The D.C. Court of Appeals is the highest court for the District of Columbia. If DC were a state, it would be the state supreme court. It is also the court for which I clerked.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is what everyone thinks of as the DC Court of Appeals. It is important because, in addition to reviewing opinions of the Federal District Courts in the circuit, it is the court of general jurisdiction over most federal agencies (most agency decisions are appealable either to the D.C. Cir. or the United States Court of Appeals for the district in which petitioner resides or has its principle place of business).
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Date: 2008-10-31 08:57 pm (UTC)The D.C. Court of Appeals is the highest court for the District of Columbia. If DC were a state, it would be the state supreme court. It is also the court for which I clerked.
The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit is what everyone thinks of as the DC Court of Appeals. It is important because, in addition to reviewing opinions of the Federal District Courts in the circuit, it is the court of general jurisdiction over most federal agencies (most agency decisions are appealable either to the D.C. Cir. or the United States Court of Appeals for the district in which petitioner resides or has its principle place of business).
The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which is based in D.C., has jurisdiction in appeals of a set of claims over which federal courts have exclusive jurisdiction.