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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • These courts handle only hearings that precede an indictment, after which cases are transferred to circuit court.
    — ProPublica, 22 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The agreement was filed late last week in Leon circuit court.
    — Terry Spencer, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The board has the option of appealing in circuit court.
    — Caleb Stultz, The Courier-Journal, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The circuit court will have a hearing on the lawsuit on Wednesday.
    — Fox News, 6 July 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • According to the report, the case will be appealed to circuit court.
    — Adam Sabes, Fox News, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Their pretrials are set for June 24 in the circuit court.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 13 June 2024
  • The letter will allow the board to appeal the matter in circuit court, Hopkins said.
    — Tony Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 20 Sep. 2022
  • On April 10, a state circuit court issued an injunction against the march.
    — Deneen L. Brown, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • In 2016, the year of the name change, only one graduate received a circuit court clerkship.
    — Jo Becker, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Eventually, Marable muted the Zoom call and transferred the suit to circuit court.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
  • 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
  • Martin, the current judge, is running for circuit court.
    — John Lynch, Arkansas Online, 12 Mar. 2023
  • 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
  • The appeals court sent the case back to the circuit court for further consideration.
    — Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2022
  • 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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