E.D. Pa.
Law & Legal abbreviation · Court
| Stands for | United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
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| Categories | Law & Legal |
E.D. Pa. stands for United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, a court abbreviation.
Philadelphia's federal trial court, also sitting in Allentown, Reading and Easton. It is a long-standing center for mass-tort and class-action litigation, including the federal asbestos MDL and the NFL concussion settlement.
Example: Hundreds of personal-injury suits were consolidated before a single judge in E.D. Pa.
Usage notes
The federal asbestos MDL (No. 875) was centralized here in 1991 and became one of the largest product-liability proceedings in history. Pennsylvania has three federal districts: Eastern, Middle and Western. Appeals go to the Third Circuit, which also sits in Philadelphia. Citation form: "(E.D. Pa. 2018)".
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