How to Use circuit court in a Sentence
circuit court
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Smith and Miller were bound over to circuit court in the embezzlement case Feb. 4.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 16 Mar. 2022
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The issue of whether the Water Works is meeting those requirements will go back to the circuit court.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 1 Mar. 2022
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Voters will also have the task of filling seven circuit court and 70 district court seats this March.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 5 Nov. 2023
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The appeals court reversed the lower court’s decision and remanded the case for trial in circuit court.
—Lorraine Mirabella, baltimoresun.com, 7 Mar. 2022
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But even though Souviron has taken back his statements, the circuit court judge has refused to grant a new trial.
—CBS News, 14 Mar. 2022
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These courts handle only hearings that precede an indictment, after which cases are transferred to circuit court.
—ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
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Another is that litigants can still try to game the system by filing their lawsuits in states from which appeals are heard by circuit courts known to have a particular partisan lean.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Mar. 2024
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Judge Hall said the conditions set by a previous circuit court judge had not been met — therefore he would not be released to his family while awaiting trial, per the outlet.
—Daniela Avila, PEOPLE.com, 11 Mar. 2022
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That case is separate from the defamation lawsuit against Wyatt, which the four teens’ families filed on July 2 in the county’s circuit court.
—Will Oremus, Washington Post, 10 July 2024
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There are 179 seats on the circuit courts, and the judges have life tenure.
—Jeffrey Toobin, The New York Review of Books, 15 Feb. 2024
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The judge agreed with the appeal, the court director said, and the case will now go to circuit court.
—Cara Tabachnick, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2023
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The agreement was filed late last week in Leon circuit court.
—Terry Spencer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2022
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The board has the option of appealing in circuit court.
—Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2022
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The circuit court will have a hearing on the lawsuit on Wednesday.
—Fox News, 6 July 2022
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The Supreme Court ruled that the circuit court must deny the defendant’s motion to have the judge review the records.
—Molly Beck, Journal Sentinel, 16 May 2023
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The defendants lost in the circuit court and the Michigan Court of Appeals declined to hear the case.
—Paul Egan, Detroit Free Press, 14 June 2024
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According to the report, the case will be appealed to circuit court.
—Adam Sabes, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
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Their pretrials are set for June 24 in the circuit court.
—Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
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The letter will allow the board to appeal the matter in circuit court, Hopkins said.
—Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
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On April 10, a state circuit court issued an injunction against the march.
—Deneen L. Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
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Wright's order was overturned by the Supreme Court, which remanded the case back down to circuit court.
—Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 6 July 2023
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They have not yet been arraigned before a circuit court judge, and a trial date has not yet been set.
—Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2022
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Stewart was a circuit court judge in Mobile for 13 years before her election to the Supreme Court.
—Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 14 June 2023
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In 2016, the year of the name change, only one graduate received a circuit court clerkship.
—Jo Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
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Eventually, Marable muted the Zoom call and transferred the suit to circuit court.
—Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
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The company lost its case in the D.C. circuit court, and then lost the appeal; the courts ruled that the council’s plan was reasonable under Chevron.
—Elizabeth Kolbert, The New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2023
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Martin, the current judge, is running for circuit court.
—John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
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The case will now go to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, arguably the most conservative circuit court in the country.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2023
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The appeals court sent the case back to the circuit court for further consideration.
—Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
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The circuit court lawsuit is filed on behalf of six plaintiffs against Louisville gun shop River City Firearms.
—The Courier-Journal, 12 June 2024
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