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appeals court

NOUN
  1. a court whose jurisdiction is to review decisions of lower courts or agencies

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  • Europe's top appeals court will announce its decision Sept. 17 on Microsoft's appeal of Europe's largest antitrust case ever.
  • TOTENBERG: Republicans have also criticized Kagan for what they call her heroes: the two judges she clerked for after law school, federal appeals court Judge Abner Mikva and Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, as well as former Israeli Chief Justice Aharon Barak. At Confirmation Hearings, GOP Eyes Kagan's Record
  • So the appeals courts are the final arbiters in a supermajority of federal cases.
  • A Superior Court and state appeals court rejected her bid for parental rights.
  • A federal appeals court has lifted the injunction, allowing for extraditions until the constitutionality of the statute is decided next year.
  • A federal appeals court ruled Friday that a Capistrano Valley High School history teacher cannot be sued over classroom comments ridiculing Christianity, but the judges sidestepped the question of whether the remarks were unconstitutional. In 'Jesus Glasses' Case, Court Rules In Teacher's Favor - San Juan Capistrano, CA Patch
  • Congress voted last fall to create 15 new district judgeships, but the last time appeals courts were expanded was 1990.
  • An appeals court had ruled that they could not get a fair trial in Los Angeles.
  • With a square conflict between two federal appeals courts, the secret hearing issue appears ripe for Supreme Court resolution.
  • GONZALES: Napier says it makes no sense to allow gay marriages to proceed next week, given the uncertainty over their long-term legality, especially since the appeals court could reverse Judge Walker, says Napier. Opponents Try To Block Calif. Same-Sex Marriage
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