appeals court
noun
law
: any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court
the 9th/Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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In July, a federal appeals court ruled that floating barriers in the Rio Grande could remain.
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Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
TikTok will have to divest itself from its Chinese ownership by Jan. 19 or face being unavailable in the United States, after a federal appeals court rejected the social media giant’s efforts to sideline a federal law.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
During arguments made against the ban to the federal appeals court earlier this year, TikTok's outside lawyer Andrew Pincus addressed the ban's potential effects, per previous USA TODAY reporting.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
While justices could rule one way or the other on whether Tennessee’s law is constitutional, the court could also send the case back to the appeals court that previously upheld it to reconsider it based on however the court thinks the law should be interpreted.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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Martha McHardy, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
TikTok will have to divest itself from its Chinese ownership by Jan. 19 or face being unavailable in the United States, after a federal appeals court rejected the social media giant’s efforts to sideline a federal law.
—Ted Johnson, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
During arguments made against the ban to the federal appeals court earlier this year, TikTok's outside lawyer Andrew Pincus addressed the ban's potential effects, per previous USA TODAY reporting.
—Greta Cross, USA TODAY, 6 Dec. 2024
While justices could rule one way or the other on whether Tennessee’s law is constitutional, the court could also send the case back to the appeals court that previously upheld it to reconsider it based on however the court thinks the law should be interpreted.
—Alison Durkee, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
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“Appeals court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/appeals%20court. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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