Talk:United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

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Trivia[edit]

I do not understand the following sentence in the Trivia section of the article: "Since the days of John Marshall, the Chief Justice of the United States has been the Circuit Justice for the Fourth Circuit." Is it supposed to mean that the Chief Justice is also a Circuit Justice for the Fourth Circuit? If so, that fact isn't true.(Jeffreyjoh (talk) 08:35, 10 January 2009 (UTC))[reply]

Duty stations[edit]

I want to confirm the duty stations for the current court. I start by going to the court's official website, but this only gives phone numbers, not the cities. However, by plugging the phone numbers into Google:

Judge	Phone number from official website	City from Google Phonebook
Chief Judge William W. Wilkins	864-233-7081	Greenville, SC ^(a)
Judge H. Emory Widener, Jr.	276-628-3138	Abingdon, VA
Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III	434-296-7063	Charlottesville, VA
Judge Paul V. Niemeyer	410-962-4210	Baltimore, MD
Judge J. Michael Luttig	703-821-0360	(none)
Judge Karen J. Williams	803-533-0711	Orangeburg, SC
Judge M. Blane Michael	304-347-3516	Charleston, WV
Judge Diana Gribbon Motz	410-962-3606	Baltimore, MD
Judge William B. Traxler, Jr.	864-241-2730	Greenville, SC
Judge Robert B. King	304-347-3533	Charleston, WV
Judge Roger L. Gregory	804-916-2607	Richmond, VA
Judge Dennis W. Shedd	803-253-3688	Columbia, SC
Judge Allyson K. Duncan	919-782-2554 ^(b)	Raleigh, NC
Senior Judge Clyde H. Hamilton	803-765-5461	Columbia, SC
Senior Judge John D. Butzner, Jr. (retired)	(none)	(none)
Senior Judge J. Dickson Phillips, Jr. (retired)	(none)	(none)
Senior Judge Robert F. Chapman (retired)	(none)	(none)

^(a) No Google Phonebook entry; Google search points to Criminal Justice Forum page.
^(b) No Google Phonebook entry; Google search points to NC Bar page.

To confirm Judge Luttig's duty station, I go to the Federal Law Clerk Information System, which returns Alexandria, VA. I now have a complete list of duty stations.

This list matches the currently available list in the article, except that Judge Williams appears to have moved from Richmond, VA to Orangeburg, SC.

— DLJessup 12:12, 1 Jun 2005 (UTC)

Widener or Murnaghan?[edit]

According to the "Pending nominations," Haynes is a nominated to Seat 8 vacated by Widener. Yet Widener is listed as a "current member" of the court and Seat 8 is listed as being held by Francis Murnaghan until 2000. So which one is correct?--Smashingworth 00:54, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Widener is a future vacancy as listed here. I don't know the exact circumstances, maybe he's doing what O'Connor did, waiting for the confirmation of his successor. NoSeptember ^talk 01:12, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

So, Haynes is nominated to Widener's Seat 4, not Seat 8. According to that website, there is no nominee for the Murnaghan Seat 8 vacancy. I'll go ahead and correct that in pending nominations.--Smashingworth 03:16, 15 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Judge Widener announced that he will take Senior status "upon confirmation" of his successor. Thus, he is still an active member of the court, but as soon as someone is confirmed for his seat, he will go senior. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 208.27.111.123 (talk) 15:46, 27 December 2006 (UTC).[reply]

Table standardization[edit]

Please note and contribute to this discussion. Billyboy01 (talk) 23:07, 22 April 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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