The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the following United States district courts:

• Central, Northern, and Southern Districts of Illinois
• Northern and Southern Districts of Indiana
• Eastern and Western Districts of Wisconsin

The court is based at the Dirksen Federal Building in Chicago, Illinois.

Judges

The judges on the court (as of December 3, 2004) are:

• Chief Judge Joel M. Flaum , Chicago, Illinois
• Circuit Judge Richard A. Posner, Chicago, Illinois
• Circuit Judge Frank H. Easterbrook, Chicago, Illinois
• Circuit Judge Kenneth F. Ripple , South Bend, Indiana
• Circuit Judge Daniel A. Manion , South Bend, Indiana
• Circuit Judge Michael S. Kanne , Lafayette, Indiana
• Circuit Judge Ilana K. D. Rovner , Chicago, Illinois
• Circuit Judge Diane P. Wood , Chicago, Illinois
• Circuit Judge Terence T. Evans , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Circuit Judge Ann C. Williams , Chicago, Illinois
• Circuit Judge Diane S. Sykes , Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Senior Circuit Judge Thomas Edward Fairchild , Chicago, Illinois
• Senior Circuit Judge Wiliam J. Bauer , Chicago, Illinois
• Senior Circuit Judge Harlington Wood, Jr. , Springfield, Illinois
• Senior Circuit Judge Richard D. Cudahy , Chicago, Illinois
• Senior Circuit Judge Jesse E. Eschbach , West Palm Beach, Florida
• Senior Circuit Judge John L. Coffey , Milwaukee, Wisconsin

(Here circuit judges and senior circuit judges are listed in order of seniority.)

No judgeships are vacant.

External links

• United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
• Recent opinions from FindLaw
• Federal Judicial Center