How to Use on appeal in a Sentence

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  • Carney's ruling was overturned on appeal the following year.
    Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And the road ahead for Trump on appeal doesn't look too good either.
    CBS News, 2 June 2024
  • So if this ruling stands up on appeal, the case is over.
    Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 16 July 2024
  • But Rilee said the issue will be settled by the state Supreme Court on appeal.
    Holly Ramer, Twin Cities, 3 May 2024
  • The case is on appeal and oral arguments are set for Aug. 7.
    Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 27 July 2024
  • Though the odds are in favor of the Prince George’s case being the first to go up on appeal, that’s not assured.
    Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The verdict was affirmed on appeal, but the death sentence was tossed out.
    Longreads, 2 May 2024
  • The league needs to raise objections at this stage to be able to raise them on appeal, otherwise the NFL would waive the chance.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 July 2024
  • Ali remains free while his conviction is on appeal. 1968 — The Night of Speed.
    Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2023
  • That case is on appeal currently before the U.S. Supreme Court.
    Paul Rogers, The Mercury News, 14 May 2024
  • No honest analyst thinks this case is a slam dunk on appeal.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 9 Dec. 2023
  • The state’s attorney’s office declined to comment while the case was on appeal.
    Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2023
  • Druss said Oakbrook Terrace’s brief is due 35 days after the record on appeal is filed with the appellate court.
    Chuck Fieldman, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • That decision was overturned on appeal in 2022, awarding the artist the trademark.
    Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • One case was dismissed, and the rest are either on appeal or their cases haven’t concluded.
    Lawrence Mower, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
  • Cruz was originally called safe, but the call was reversed on appeal.
    Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 1 May 2024
  • Before a case gets up to the Supreme Court on appeal, say really early in a case where a party doesn't like what a lower court has done.
    Vox Staff, Vox, 5 June 2024
  • The film documents how the residents are fought back through the courts and eventually won on appeal.
    Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The dismissal was upheld on appeal, and attempts by Mattel to get the lawsuit heard by the Supreme Court were unsuccessful.
    Jennifer Hassan, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • Once a case is on appeal, the trial judge loses jurisdiction over it.
    Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • His conviction was upheld on appeal, and the Missouri Supreme Court declined to review it last month.
    Robert A. Cronkleton, Kansas City Star, 9 Apr. 2024
  • Pending a change of decision on appeal, the Council can now try to get more allies in the state Legislature to take up their cause.
    New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
  • However, he was overruled on appeal, leading to the Supreme Court review.
    Laurence Darmiento, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2023
  • The handling of the evidence, over the course of the entire investigation, was also raised on appeal.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2024
  • However, after the defendant had served two years of his life sentence, the case was reversed on appeal.
    Joseph Zager, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
  • And barring an overturn on appeal before the election, that’s what will be attached to him as voters weigh their choices.
    Domenico Montanaro, NPR, 31 May 2024
  • Without such a guideline to point to, the government's case would likely have collapsed, Chapman said, adding that the issue will be raised on appeal.
    Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • That’s a major issue with Texas cases, which are funneled on appeal to the 5th Circuit, sitting in New Orleans.
    Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Last week's ruling blocking the Biden non-competes ban—and the many other legal attacks—should be reversed on appeal.
    Paul Sonn, Newsweek, 8 July 2024
  • To repeat, when a case is on appeal, jurisdiction over it is transferred to the appellate court, which means the district-court judge — here, Judge Tanya Chutkan — cannot act on it.
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 3 Feb. 2024

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