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high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court The agency did so just before the high court ruling came down, prompting Democrats and voting rights groups to swiftly re-file their lawsuits. — Nicholas Riccardi, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026 In its petition to the high court, lawyers for the New Jersey Attorney General's Office argued that the law at issue, the Commodity Exchange Act, does not allow prediction market operators to ignore state law. — Bobby Allyn, NPR, 2 Sep. 2026 The ruling by the high court is not by itself likely to affect the election, experts interviewed for this story said. — Sharon Bernstein, Sacbee.com, 30 Aug. 2026 The high court said in its unsigned decision that the states filed their lawsuit too soon. — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 24 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court

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At the Swiss supreme court, Valieva’s lawyers presented an Associated Press news article from September 2024 to claim the World Anti-Doping Agency suppressed evidence.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Sep. 2026
In the latter, the state supreme court revised the instruction to appear more neutral and reduced pressure on hold-out jurors to switch sides.

— Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026

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In the latter, a case that began 11 years ago would likely continue for years at the trial court level unless the parties settled.

— Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026
The company built a research tool for litigators, giving them access to state trial court records, docket history, filings and the patterns of opposing counsel across cases.

— Mehron Sharq, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

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In England, boxer Jane Couch took the British Board of Boxing Control to an industrial tribunal over their refusal to grant her (or any woman) a professional boxing licence.

— Sarah Shephard, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
Vucic last week accused the West and The Hague tribunal of blaming only Serbs for the crimes and bringing no justice for the Serb victims.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2026

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