high court

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Recent Examples of high court The high court found that the tariffs exceeded what IEEPA permitted the president to do. Steve Kopack, NBC news, 27 May 2026 Four groups, one from each of those religions, filed a brief urging the high court to take up the USCCB’s case, warning that keeping the lower court rulings in place could lead to infringements on religious autonomy for other religions. Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 26 May 2026 Traditionally, justices on the nation's high court finalize decisions in cases by the end of June or the beginning of July, leaving only a few weeks before decisions are expected to be public. Andrew Rice The Center Square, Arkansas Online, 24 May 2026 An appeal to the high court is expected in the coming months, possibly in late summer. Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court
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Noun
  • Sonko, who heads the Pastef party, was barred from running after a defamation conviction was upheld by Senegal's supreme court, and the Constitutional Court dismissed his candidacy.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 May 2026
  • In a 5-2 decision, the state supreme court has ruled that Children's Hospital Colorado must continue treatments for transgender youth.
    Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 19 May 2026
Noun
  • The trial court determined that her petition was untimely and denied, the prosecutors say.
    Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 29 May 2026
  • The decision means that the trial court’s order withholding judgment will stay in place.
    Rose Evans Updated May 29, Idaho Statesman, 29 May 2026
Noun
  • In 2024, a Canadian tribunal held Air Canada liable for misleading information given to a grieving customer by its chatbot, establishing that companies can be liable for what their AI tells the public.
    Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 24 May 2026
  • Located just 2 miles away from the former insurance building that housed the residual mechanism, the ICC was set up as a permanent, global court to prosecute humanity’s worst crimes and forestall the need to create ad hoc tribunals for every conflict.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 May 2026

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“High court.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/high%20court. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.

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