en banc
adverb or adjective
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Definition of en banc
: in full court : with full judiciary authority
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Klayman asked the appeals court to re-hear the case with all of the District of Columbia appellate judges, in what’s known as an en banc appeal. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "NSA metadata program “consistent” with Fourth Amendment, Kavanaugh once argued," 9 Sep. 2018 The en banc review found the CFPB's structure to be constitutional, but agreed with Kavanaugh that one of the agency's major interpretive decisions had improperly violated due process requirements. — Alex Pappas, Fox News, "Second day of Kavanaugh hearings erupts into tense cross-examination on Mueller, racial profiling," 6 Sep. 2018 Judge Kavanaugh was overturned in an en banc opinion dominated by Obama appointees. — The Editorial Board, WSJ, "Calling Judge Kavanaugh," 29 July 2018 Attorneys for Croghan have not made any efforts for an en banc re-hearing or an appeal to the Supreme Court. — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, "Microsoft, DOJ set to go head to head at Supreme Court in 2018," 1 Jan. 2018 His 2016 decision was partially reversed in a 250-page en banc opinion issued in January 2018, which declared that the CFPB is constitutional. — Emily Stewart, Vox, "Consumer advocacy groups are extremely worried about Brett Kavanaugh," 11 July 2018 The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the lower court’s ruling in 2016 and then declined to hold a full en banc review of the case in December 2017. — Alexia Fernández Campbell, Vox, "Chastity Jones’s lawyers argue that racial stereotypes can be evidence of job discrimination.," 18 Apr. 2018 The decision by an 11-judge en banc panel overturned a three-judge panel's decision last year against Rizo. — Author: Maura Dolan, Anchorage Daily News, "Prior salary can’t justify wage gap between men and women, US appeals court rules," 10 Apr. 2018 In May 2017, Ninth Circuit judges announced that the case would be reheard in front of the entire court in an en banc hearing. — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, "AT&T loses years-long quest to cripple FTC authority over telecoms," 26 Feb. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'en banc.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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