How to Use district court in a Sentence

district court

noun
  • But the district court said no, setting the stage for the Iowa Supreme Court to hear the case.
    David W. Chen, New York Times, 16 June 2023
  • The verdict in favor of Havana Docks is the first from a district court, the data shows.
    Mengqi Sun, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2023
  • To date, most judges in Jan. 6 cases, at the district court and appeals court level, have upheld the use of the statute.
    Charlie Savage, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The Supreme Court decision affirmed the three-judge court’s decision of last year and sent the case back to the district court.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 20 June 2023
  • What is unusual about this case is the way that the district court responded to these claims.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
  • That was enough to convince the Colorado district court judge who initially heard the case.
    Nicholas Riccardi, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Friday was the deadline set by the three-judge district court for the Legislature to pass a new map.
    Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 22 July 2023
  • After a district court judge refused to dismiss the case last year, the state asked the Utah Supreme Court to intervene.
    Emily Anderson Stern, The Salt Lake Tribune, 11 July 2023
  • Boudreaux is appealing his case to the local district court.
    Samantha Sunne, ProPublica, 14 Dec. 2023
  • The brief asserts that the district court’s decision from 2021 should be upheld.
    Sabrina Leboeuf, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2023
  • At least one district court has upheld the law since the Bruen decision.
    Mark Sherman and Lindsay Whitehurst, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The Supreme Court also considered the case in 2021 but remanded it back to district court.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 Sep. 2023
  • The district court that first heard this suit already ruled that the First Amendment does not protect Trump’s conduct.
    Rachel Weiner, Anchorage Daily News, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The bond size is greater than the judgment because the district court generally requires a party to post 110% of the bond.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The high court's decision allows the suit to continue in district court.
    Olivia Osteen, ABC News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The process could be dragged out further if Cable One escalates its challenge to the district court.
    Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 17 Nov. 2022
  • But the Biden administration turned to the Supreme Court and requested it to put the district court's order on hold.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 28 July 2023
  • Chokr's next court date is set for Thursday at 10 a.m. before Judge Marc Barron in 48th district court.
    Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The district court in the end affirmed the judgment of the bankruptcy court to set aside James' re-titling of his his share of the residence into TBE.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2023
  • The Justice Department appealed the district court’s order but didn’t seek to keep the restrictions in place in the meantime.
    Greg Stohr, Bloomberg.com, 27 Dec. 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 district court had the opportunity to study the record for months, and to observe and question the witnesses at a four-day trial.
    Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The district court judge dismissed the case and a federal appeals court upheld that ruling.
    BostonGlobe.com, 7 July 2023
  • But, in the end, the district court rejected the most sinister readings of the personal rating.
    Jeannie Suk Gersen, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2022
  • The case was sent back to the district court to make that determination — landing it before Wu once more.
    Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 8 Feb. 2024
  • While the district court found there to be both trademark infringement and dilution.
    Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Upon appeal, Motz, joined by Judge Pamela Harris, disagreed with the district court.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 30 June 2023
  • Both women have pleaded not guilty in U.S. district court, but their cases are still pending.
    Alex Riggins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2023
  • On Monday, Babin filed a notice of appeal to the 5th Circuit and also asked to stay the district court proceedings pending the appeal.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 5 Dec. 2022
  • More than 200 appeals and district court judges were appointed during his four-year term.
    The Courier-Journal, 6 Mar. 2024

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