United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

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United States circuit court federal appellate court federal trial court

The United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was a former federal appellate and trial court that served the eastern region of Pennsylvania under the early U.S. judiciary system before the modern circuit courts of appeals were established.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit	1
United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania	1
United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T739933 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Context triple: [Corfield v. Coryell, hasCourt, United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania]

A. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Pennsylvania, including the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
B. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Pennsylvania.
C. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Pennsylvania.
D. United States District Court for the District of Delaware
The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Delaware, particularly noted for its large docket of corporate and patent litigation.
E. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of New Jersey.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Target entity description: The United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania was a former federal appellate and trial court that served the eastern region of Pennsylvania under the early U.S. judiciary system before the modern circuit courts of appeals were established.

A. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Pennsylvania, including the Philadelphia metropolitan area.
B. United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania
The United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the central region of Pennsylvania.
C. United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
The United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Pennsylvania.
D. United States District Court for the District of Delaware
The United States District Court for the District of Delaware is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal cases arising in the state of Delaware, particularly noted for its large docket of corporate and patent litigation.
E. United States District Court for the District of New Jersey
The United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising under federal law within the state of New Jersey.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States circuit court ⓘ federal appellate court ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ
appliesLegalSystem	United States federal law ⓘ common law ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	eastern region of Pennsylvania ⓘ federal question cases in eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
courtType	Article III court ⓘ
followedBy	modern United States courts of appeals system ⓘ
hasAbolishedStatus	defunct federal court ⓘ
hasDissolvedOrAbolishedJurisdiction	eastern region of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasFunction	appellate jurisdiction over certain federal cases ⓘ trial jurisdiction over certain federal cases ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	admiralty and maritime cases in eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ diversity jurisdiction cases in eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ federal criminal cases in eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ federal law cases arising in eastern Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
hasRole	intermediate appellate court for certain federal cases ⓘ trial-level court for significant federal matters ⓘ
hasSuccessor	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ
hasTerritorialJurisdiction	counties in eastern Pennsylvania assigned to the Eastern District ⓘ
historicalPeriod	19th-century United States legal history ⓘ
isPartOfHistoryOf	United States federal courts ⓘ linked to: federal judiciary of the United States judiciary of Pennsylvania ⓘ
legalForm	court of record ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction	Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Pennsylvania ⓘ
locatedInTime	early United States judiciary period ⓘ
namedAfter	Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ linked to: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
operatedAs	regional federal court ⓘ
partOf	United States circuit court system (pre-1912) ⓘ linked to: United States circuit courts (old trial-level circuit courts) United States federal court hierarchy prior to 1891 ⓘ early federal court structure under the Judiciary Act of 1789 ⓘ federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
replacedBy	United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit ⓘ United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Corfield v. Coryell → hasCourt → United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania ⓘ

Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit → courtReported → Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit ⓘ

subject linked to: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Circuit Court of the United States for the Third Circuit

linked to: United States Circuit Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania

United States v. Fries → court → United States Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania ⓘ