How to Use appeals court in a Sentence

appeals court

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  • The appeals court reversed that judgment and sent the case back.
    — Phil Helsel, NBC News, 4 July 2024
  • Either side, or both, could take the appeals court's action to the Supreme Court.
    — By Paul J. Weber and Jessica Gresko, Dallas News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The high court declined the request, leaving the matter with the appeals court.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Last week a state appeals court ruled the suit could move forward, denying a request from the NRA to end the probe.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The appeals court heard oral arguments in the case on Wednesday.
    — Mark Kreidler, Los Angeles Times, 22 July 2024
  • If the court doesn’t take up the case now, Smith asked for the justices to hear the case later, as soon as the federal appeals court rules.
    — Alison Durkee, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The drug was initially approved in 2000, and the appeals court found that too long had passed to revoke it.
    — Annalisa Merelli, Quartz, 13 Apr. 2023
  • An appeals court overturned the judge’s ruling, but the Florida Supreme Court has agreed to hear the case.
    — Marilyn W. Thompson, ProPublica, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The merged firm appealed this win, and Crocker prevailed again in 2018 in appeals court.
    — Peter Whoriskey, Anchorage Daily News, 5 July 2023
  • In 2021, Egypt’s appeals court upheld a dozen of those sentences.
    — Cnn Staff, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The appeals court therefore ruled that the lower court had been wrong to dismiss the suit at such an early stage.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Last month, the appeals court sided with Villanueva and sent the matter back to Lu.
    — Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Lin said there is no specific timetable for the appeals court to decide whether to rehear the case or not.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Garcia’s denial led the appeals court to grant Macauley a new trial.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • Three judges with the appeals court overturned that decision on June 25 and remanded the case back to the Claims Court.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 3 July 2024
  • But a divided appeals court revived the case this month.
    — David Noyce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Aug. 2023
  • And last week, a three-judge panel of the same appeals court found that Ezra applied too tough a standard in reviewing the law.
    — Brian Fung, CNN, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The case will now move forward in an appeals court, which has put it on a fast track, and most likely return to the Supreme Court in the coming weeks or months.
    — Adam Liptak, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • That injunction was not covered by the appeals court’s stay.
    — Jon Healey, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2024
  • Oral arguments in the appeals court are slated for Jan. 9.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 24 Dec. 2023
  • The high court still could act quickly once the appeals court issues its decision.
    — Mark Sherman, Fortune, 23 Dec. 2023
  • This week Democrats are going to the state’s highest appeals court, seeking a second chance to draw a map that’s unfair.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Nov. 2023
  • The appeals court initially set the sale for Nov. 8 while the appeal proceeded.
    — Kevin McGill, Fortune, 27 Oct. 2023
  • Kentucky district and appeals court judges ruled against Zedan.
    — John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2024
  • But in 1979, a state appeals court overturned their death sentences, citing the Supreme Court's ruling.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 21 May 2024
  • The state appeals court said in March that the couple could face trial, and the Supreme Court let that decision stand in a one-sentence order.
    — Ed White, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2023
  • In June of this year, however, an appeals court dismissed her from the case on the ground that the claims against her were barred by the state’s statute of limitations.
    — John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2023
  • Whatever the appeals court decides, the likelihood that this gets appealed to the US Supreme Court is very high.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 3 Apr. 2024
  • However, the verdict was thrown out by an appeals court in 2022, as judges found misconduct by the prosecutors at the time.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Aug. 2024
  • An appeals court that reviewed Ervin’s conviction found that the prosecutor struck 20% of non-Black jurors and 82% of Black jurors.
    — Tim Stelloh, NBC News, 9 Aug. 2024

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