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Zoom in: For now, the ruling allows the case to continue with arguments before a three-judge panel, rather than having the merits considered en banc, (by all the courts' judges).
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Emily Peck, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Yoo was also one of four attorneys who filed a brief with the 9th Circuit court in support of the en banc review of the 2-1 Greer opinion.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The appeals court also narrowly rejected, by an 8-7 vote, a request to hear the case en banc, which would have brought the matter before all active judges on the court.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Regrettably, my request for initial hearing en banc has been denied on an 8-7 vote, and the panel majority has granted the government's motion for a stay pending appeal on a 2-1 vote.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
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Emily Peck, Axios, 7 Apr. 2025
Yoo was also one of four attorneys who filed a brief with the 9th Circuit court in support of the en banc review of the 2-1 Greer opinion.
—Kelly Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Apr. 2025
The appeals court also narrowly rejected, by an 8-7 vote, a request to hear the case en banc, which would have brought the matter before all active judges on the court.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
Regrettably, my request for initial hearing en banc has been denied on an 8-7 vote, and the panel majority has granted the government's motion for a stay pending appeal on a 2-1 vote.
—ArsTechnica, 8 Apr. 2025
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“En banc.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/en%20banc. Accessed 11 May. 2025.
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en banc
adverb or adjective
variants
also in banc
also in bank
in-ˈbaŋk, äⁿ-ˈbäⁿk
: 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
H. B. ZobelEtymology
Anglo-French en banke, literally, on the bench
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