Definition of en banc
: in full court : with full judiciary authority
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The decision by an 11-judge en banc panel overturned a three-judge panel's decision last year against Rizo.
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In May 2017, Ninth Circuit judges announced that the case would be reheard in front of the entire court in an en banc hearing.
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Texas appealed—but in 2016, the full 5th Circuit, sitting en banc, again ruled that the measure illegally placed a disproportionate burden on minority suffrage.
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In the last 18 months, en banc rulings in circuits dominated by Democratic appointees handed significant losses to the National Rifle Association on concealed gun permits and an assault weapons ban.
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For example, in 2010, the 13 federal courts of appeals heard only 45 cases en banc, out of more than 30,000 cases that were resolved on the merits.
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In March, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, sitting en banc, refused to reconsider a decision previously issued by a panel of 11th Circuit judges.
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Circuit judges who take senior status forfeit the right to hear cases en banc, whereby all of the judges on the court assemble to resolve the case.
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The appeals court seldom grants so-called en banc rehearings of cases, but can if a majority of the judges agree to do so.
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Origin and Etymology of en banc
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legal Definition of en banc
: with all judges or a quorum of judges present : in full court
- an en banc rehearing
- heard very few matters en banc
- —H. B. Zobel
Origin and Etymology of en banc
Anglo-French en banke, literally, on the bench
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