appeals court
noun
law
: any one of 13 courts in the U.S. below the Supreme Court
the 9th/Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
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Harvey Weinstein was hospitalized Friday just a day after a New York appeals court overturned the rape conviction against the disgraced producer.
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Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2024
Today’s top stories Harvey Weinstein’s conviction reversal Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by N.Y. appeals court; California conviction remains.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
In an attempt to speed up the case, Smith asked the Supreme Court to bypass the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and take the rare step of considering the immunity issue before the appeals court ruled.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024
In New York, the precept is embodied in the Molineux rule, named for a 1901 case in which an appeals court overturned a verdict that found a chemist named Roland Molineux guilty of murder by cyanide poisoning.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The justices rejected his request, allowing the federal appeals court to hear the matter first.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Homeless residents of Grants Pass, Oregon, faced fines of $250 and jail time for breaking the city’s strict anti-camping laws until a federal appeals court said the ordinances violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
The appeals court had determined that a city could not penalize people for being involuntarily homeless if the city did not have enough shelter beds for its homeless population.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
The appeals court is scheduled to answer the question of whether Winmill’s statewide injunction was the correct and prudent course while the lawsuit proceeds.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2024
Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 27 Apr. 2024
Today’s top stories Harvey Weinstein’s conviction reversal Harvey Weinstein’s rape conviction is overturned by N.Y. appeals court; California conviction remains.
—Defne Karabatur, Los Angeles Times, 26 Apr. 2024
In an attempt to speed up the case, Smith asked the Supreme Court to bypass the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit and take the rare step of considering the immunity issue before the appeals court ruled.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 25 Apr. 2024
In New York, the precept is embodied in the Molineux rule, named for a 1901 case in which an appeals court overturned a verdict that found a chemist named Roland Molineux guilty of murder by cyanide poisoning.
—Ronan Farrow, The New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2024
The justices rejected his request, allowing the federal appeals court to hear the matter first.
—Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
Homeless residents of Grants Pass, Oregon, faced fines of $250 and jail time for breaking the city’s strict anti-camping laws until a federal appeals court said the ordinances violate the Constitution’s ban on cruel and unusual punishment.
—USA TODAY, 22 Apr. 2024
The appeals court had determined that a city could not penalize people for being involuntarily homeless if the city did not have enough shelter beds for its homeless population.
—Abbie Vansickle, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2024
The appeals court is scheduled to answer the question of whether Winmill’s statewide injunction was the correct and prudent course while the lawsuit proceeds.
—Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 18 Apr. 2024
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