appeals court

noun

law

: any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court

the 9th/Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals

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That conviction was overturned in April after a state appeals court, in a 4-3 decision, determined that the trial judge had erred by allowing women to testify about allegations that weren’t part of the case. —

Adam Reiss, NBC News, 29 Jan. 2025 Washington — The top federal prosecutor in South Florida is asking a federal appeals court to toss out the classified documents case against President Trump's former co-defendants, aide Walt Nauta and former Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira. —

Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 29 Jan. 2025 The Justice Department asked a federal appeals court Wednesday to drop the criminal case against President Donald Trump’s two former co-defendants, who were accused of conspiring to hide classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. —

Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 29 Jan. 2025 Marco Bello/Reuters Presidential immunity does not protect Donald Trump from having to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages after being held liable for defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, a lawyer for Carroll told a federal appeals court in a filing Monday. —

Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 28 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for appeals court