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high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court And there’s no need for the high court to take up a case just to follow precedent. — Barbara McQuade, Mercury News, 7 July 2026 Lawyers on both sides have urged the high court to establish a clear right to a verbatim record in civil hearings. — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026 But in an unsigned, unexplained order, the high court allowed Texas to enforce the law as lawsuits continue in lower courts. — Nina Totenberg, NPR, 6 July 2026 The center was scheduled to open in late May but was blocked by a Kenyan high court after locals protested. — Alice Park, Time, 2 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court

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The supreme courts of Michigan, Ohio and Oklahoma have all prohibited seizing private property to give it to another private party purely for economic development.

— Aaron Walayat, The Conversation, 16 July 2026
Radio show host and former diplomat Vladimir Villegas says that before holding elections, Venezuela must first replace its highly partisan electoral council and supreme court.

— John Otis, NPR, 16 July 2026

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To overturn the trial court's decision would require an appellate court to find that the trial court abused its discretion ― which is a very high bar to hurdle.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
But the panel ruled that Navarro's testimony about that phone call, without further evidence, wasn't enough to overrule the trial court judge, who heard Navarro's testimony directly.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 21 July 2026

Definition of trial court

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Sheinbaum has said that little evidence has emerged to substantiate claims of cartels interfering with elections, and noted that a state-level electoral tribunal ratified Rocha’s win in Sinaloa, after examining reports of irregularities.

— Mary Beth Sheridan, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
The decision comes at a time when the global tribunal is under enormous pressure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 July 2026

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