Reply #13: Each Justice is assigned a Circuit. [View All]

[TahitiNut]

California is in the Ninth Circuit, allotted to Sandra Day O'Connor. New Jersy's in the Third, handled by Souter and FLorida's in the Eleventh, handled by Kennedy.

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SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES
Allotment of Justices
It is ordered that the following allotment be made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42, and that such allotment be entered of record, effective September 30, 1994, viz.:

For the District of Columbia Circuit, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice.
For the First Circuit, David H. Souter, Associate Justice.
For the Second Circuit, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice.
For the Third Circuit, David H. Souter, Associate Justice.
For the Fourth Circuit, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice.
For the Fifth Circuit, Antonin Scalia, Associate Justice.
For the Sixth Circuit, John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice.
For the Seventh Circuit, John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice.
For the Eighth Circuit, Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice.
For the Ninth Circuit, Sandra Day OíConnor, Associate Justice.
For the Tenth Circuit, Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice.
For the Eleventh Circuit, Anthony M. Kennedy, Associate Justice.
For the Federal Circuit, William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice.

First Circuit: Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island
Second Circuit: Connecticut, New York, and Vermont
Third Circuit: Pennsyvania, New Jersy, Delaware, and the US Virgin Islands.
Fourth Circuit: Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and West Virginia
Fifth Circuit: Texas, Lousiana, and Mississippi.
Sixth Circuit: Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, and Tennessee
Seventh Circuit: Illinois, Indiana, and Wisconsin
Eighth Circuit: Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Ninth Circuit: Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, and Washington.
Tenth Circuit: Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, and Wyoming.
Eleventh Circuit: Alabama, Florida, and Georgia.