The U.S. Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel

The U.S. Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate panel is the federal appellate court which hears appeals in bankruptcy cases from the following districts: the District of Nebraska, the Western District of Missouri, Eastern District of Missouri, District of North Dakota, District of Minnesota, District of South Dakota, Southern District of Iowa, Northern District of Iowa, Western District of Arkansas and Eastern District of Arkansas. The court is located in St.Louis, Missouri at the Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse.

There are six active judges serving the U.S. Bankruptcy Appellate Panel for the Eighth Circuit, one of which serves as chief judge. This position is rotated among all active judges, and requirements to hold this office are that the judge must be at least 70 years old or have served for at least seven years. If no active judge meets these requirements, they are waived.

For each case heard by the U.S. Eighth Circuit Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, three of the active judges decide the outcome.

Information about the court is found online at www.ca8.uscourts.gov/newbap/http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/bapFrame.html. Here, you can find the names and locations of active judges, online forms and statistics, court rules and procedures, nearby hotels, a court calendar, oral arguments and published opinions of the court.

The mailing address of the court is: Thomas F. Eagleton Courthouse, Room 24.329, 111 South 10th Street, St. Louis, MO 63102. The main phone number to the clerk's office is 314-244-2430 and fax is 314-244-2431.

The court allows a "one stop search" at www.ca8.uscourts.gov/http://www.peoplepublicrecords.org/onestop.html, where you can search for information via case number or party/attorney name. Results will offer all documents found in those search criteria, including opinions, oral arguments and a link to PACER, where you can access additional court documents.