district court
noun
: a trial court that has jurisdiction over certain cases within a specific judicial district
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Path to the district court judge seat Burroughs was working as a partner in Nutter McClennen & Fish LLP, a law firm co-founded by former Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, when President Barack Obama nominated her as a district court judge in the summer of 2014.
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
In January and February 2023, a district court judge signed 14 warrants to search Weiss’ Ann Arbor home and seize more than a dozen devices, including laptops, iPhones, external hard drives, USB drives and computers in Weiss’ office, the quarterbacks meeting room and the tight ends meeting room.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 May 2025
But the ability of district court judges to continue issuing them will finally be put to the test soon in the birthright citizenship case.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
One reason why consensus used to exist about this problem is that America was more than 180 years old before a district court judge imposed the first nationwide injunction in 1963.
—Darrell Issa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
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Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 4 May 2025
In January and February 2023, a district court judge signed 14 warrants to search Weiss’ Ann Arbor home and seize more than a dozen devices, including laptops, iPhones, external hard drives, USB drives and computers in Weiss’ office, the quarterbacks meeting room and the tight ends meeting room.
—Austin Meek, New York Times, 2 May 2025
But the ability of district court judges to continue issuing them will finally be put to the test soon in the birthright citizenship case.
—Michael Wilner, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2025
One reason why consensus used to exist about this problem is that America was more than 180 years old before a district court judge imposed the first nationwide injunction in 1963.
—Darrell Issa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2025
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“District court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/district%20court. Accessed 9 May. 2025.
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