2d Cir.

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2d Cir.
Stands forUnited States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
CategoriesLaw & Legal

2d Cir. stands for United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, a court abbreviation.

Appeals court for New York, Connecticut and Vermont, sitting in the Thurgood Marshall courthouse in Lower Manhattan. Because it reviews decisions from the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, it is especially influential in securities, banking, copyright and commercial law.

Example: Under 2d Cir. precedent, the district court applied the four-factor fair use test to the photographs.

Usage notes

The Bluebook uses "2d" and "3d", not "2nd" and "3rd", for both circuits and reporter series. Judges such as Learned Hand made it one of the most cited courts in American history, and its decisions shaped insider-trading doctrine. It has 13 authorized judgeships.

More court abbreviations

  • 10th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
  • 11th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
  • 1st Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • 3d Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
  • 4th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
  • 5th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • 6th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
  • 7th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
  • 8th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
  • 9th Cir. – United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • AAG – Assistant attorney general
  • ADA – Assistant district attorney

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