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Recent Examples of appelleeIndeed, the appeal comes to us with no appellee (a respondent in an appellate case) at all.—
Jim Saunders,
Sun Sentinel,
3 Jan. 2024 But the commission held off after an objection from an attorney representing the appellee in the case.—
Neal Earley,
Arkansas Online,
29 May 2023 The plaintiff-appellant (Sempowich) was represented by the Noble Law Firm and the defendant-appellee (Tactile Systems) was represented by Stinson LLP.—
Eric Bachman,
Forbes,
10 Dec. 2021 In the grandiloquent language of the law, the Most Junior Junior Assistant had stated that the appellant’s case was so utterly frivolous, so completely lacking in merit, that there was no need for the appellee to respond.—New York Times,
14 July 2021 According to an appellee's brief filed in 2013, LeCroy's attorneys hired a psychiatrist to evaluate LeCroy.—
Jennifer Henderson and Steve Almasy,
CNN,
22 Sep. 2020 What the appellees and dissent seek is an unprecedented expansion of judicial power.—WSJ,
27 June 2019
If the appeals court affirms the conviction, the handbook says the appellant can then petition the United States Supreme Court for a certiorari review.
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Matthew Ablon,
CBS News,
12 May 2026
Previously, when a Planning Commission decision was appealed, the City Council could only consider the issues raised by the appellant.
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Phil Diehl,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
23 Mar. 2026
Peter Bazos, an attorney representing SC Landman, said that the petitioner is not asking for uses beyond those already permitted or allowed as special uses in the property’s current zoning.
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Molly Morrow,
Chicago Tribune,
5 Aug. 2026
If the presiding judge doesn’t grant the motion, then the petitioner would likely be granted an evidentiary hearing, where evidence and witnesses would be presented.
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Alex Brizee
July 30,
Idaho Statesman,
30 July 2026