How to Use federal court in a Sentence

federal court

noun
  • The suit was first filed in state court in 2019, and was quickly moved to federal court.
    Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • But Meta is fighting to block the plan in federal court.
    Cristiano Lima, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2023
  • The state court put the lawsuit on hold as a federal court weighs whether to take it up.
    Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The New York Times reports that Smith has asked a federal court to ...
    Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 15 Feb. 2023
  • At the end of the day, would this be an easier case in federal court?
    Nbc Universal, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • And there is no record of him in the federal court records database either.
    Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • In July, Kueng was sentenced in federal court to three years and Thao to three and a half years.
    Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022
  • As Lewis notes, the odds of an acquittal in federal court are about half of one per cent.
    Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The notice of Trump’s bond and appeal was made with the federal court in New York on Friday.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Some homeowners had sued to reopen the roads in federal court, but the court sided with the tribe.
    Frank Vaisvilas, Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2024
  • Both pleaded not guilty to all charges in federal court.
    Alexandra Banner, CNN, 4 Sep. 2024
  • The case was filed last week in federal court in Nebraska.
    Chris Isidore, CNN, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Ford is due back in federal court on April 29, when a jury trial is set to take place.
    Julia Marnin, Sacramento Bee, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The birth was revealed in a motion by her defense team filed last week in federal court.
    Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • But the Supreme Court declined to do so, for now, letting the case wind its way through lower federal courts.
    Dan Mangan, CNBC, 5 Mar. 2025
  • The alleged gunman in the Atlanta attacks has not been tried in a state or federal court for a hate crime.
    Nicquel Terry Ellis, CNN, 22 May 2022
  • Konnech has since sued the group in federal court for defamation.
    James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • Welch is not named as a defendant in the case, which was launched in federal court in the eastern district of New York.
    Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Taking up the fight Gibbons sued Gibbs and Troxel in federal court in June.
    Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 2 Nov. 2023
  • The law had been blocked in federal court soon after lawmakers passed it in 2020.
    Ronn Blitzer, Fox News, 28 June 2022
  • The law is set to take effect as of July 1, but it is now being challenged in federal court.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 30 Mar. 2025
  • There’s losing a lawsuit, and then there’s what happened to Stacey Abrams in federal court last week.
    The Editors, National Review, 3 Oct. 2022
  • The lawyer also said that the complaints will need to be filed in federal court, which takes time to prepare properly.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The payout, which the City Council approved Tuesday, will settle the case in federal court.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Despite a spate of legal challenges in state and federal court, Lester L. Sumrall has failed time and again to get a judge to side with his claims.
    Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Aug. 2023
  • It was blocked in federal court before the overturning of Roe.
    Jennifer Calfas, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • Biden has attempted to halt that program but the effort has been put on hold by a federal court.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
  • If the three-judge panel agrees, Crosley Green will finally get his case heard in federal court.
    Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Khalil has an ongoing case in New Jersey federal court for his release.
    Eduardo Cuevas, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
  • The company was back in federal court last week as part of a monopoly case that could see a potential spin-off of Instagram and WhatsApp.
    Shannon Carroll, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025

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