How to Use court of appeals in a Sentence

court of appeals

noun phrase
  • The federal district court judge hearing the case ordered an injunction to stop the government from doing these things while the case moved forward, and a court of appeals generally backed him up.
    Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024
  • After the high court, there is the court of appeal and then the Kenya Supreme Court.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Remember that this is the clerk of the supreme court and the court of appeals.
    Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The Utah Supreme Court affirmed the court of appeals ruling.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • But a court of appeals reversed that dismissal, and the case was reopened last year.
    USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • The Venice court of appeals will now have to rule on Guevara’s case before he can be extradited.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Walker had three people on his shortlist: two court of appeals judges and Dan Kelly.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 11 Oct. 2023
  • About a month ago, my lawyers informed me that my eight-year prison sentence was confirmed in the court of appeal and would be implemented on short notice.
    Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • The state’s highest court ruled that Trump’s ballot eligibility needs to be heard by the court of appeals before going to the Supreme Court.
    Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But the panel imposed a rule designed to discourage Mr. Trump from making an intermediate challenge to the full court of appeals.
    Charlie Savage, New York Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • On Thursday, the Supreme Court overturned the court of appeal’s ruling, deciding that Turner retains standing to continue her lawsuit.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The court of appeals found that the order properly protected witnesses and the fair administration of justice.
    Barbara McQuade, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • But the new court of appeals ruling disagreed with Perry's interpretation.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 15 May 2024
  • Here’s why the court of appeal disagreed and reversed dismissal of the employees’ claim under the Private Attorneys General Act for penalties for failing to pay the employees’ work-from-home expenses.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • Before being appointed, O’Connor served as assistant attorney general of Arizona, on the state senate, as a superior court judge, and on the state court of appeals.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2023
  • The court of appeal said its ruling was not inconsistent with a 2021 federal trial court holding that an employer was not responsible for reimbursing stay-at-home employees for the cost of masks and hand sanitizer.
    Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
  • At the same time, the justices retracted their earlier decision to grant Louisiana's petition for review, instead sending the case back to the court of appeals to either draw new congressional lines itself or allow the state legislature to do it.
    Nina Totenberg, NPR, 15 May 2024
  • Triumphing over foreign enemies was part of it, but so were maintaining buildings, providing disaster relief, responding to petitions, serving as a final court of appeal, and more.
    Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023

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