How to Use high court in a Sentence

high court

noun
  • But the high court didn't rule on the merits of the case.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 28 Mar. 2024
  • If the high court strikes down Biden's plan, what next?
    Joey Garrison, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2023
  • That lawsuit went to the high court, which upheld the law in 2021.
    Stephanie Armour, WSJ, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Those concerns were not enough to sway the state’s high court.
    Jenna Russell, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The high court is expected to take up the case in March or April.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The high court had blocked the law from taking effect by a 5-4 vote.
    David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2023
  • The appeal sought for the high court to order Judge Hall to dismiss the case.
    Paul Gattis | Pgattis@al.com, al, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Roberts was, at the time, four years into what is now a 17-year tenure on the high court.
    Matt Ford, The New Republic, 20 Oct. 2022
  • The high court has not yet issued its decision in the case.
    Emma Bubola, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Fischer asked the state’s high court to review the case.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The high court declined the request, leaving the matter with the appeals court.
    Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 7 Feb. 2024
  • The high court could agree to hear the case, or let the lower court's ruling stand as the final word on the issue.
    Camilo Montoya-Galvez, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Backers of the reforms have long accused the high court of overreach and elitism.
    Hadas Gold, CNN, 20 Jan. 2023
  • In short: The idea of ethics reform for the high court has penetrated the zeitgeist.
    Simon Lazarus, The New Republic, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The range of potential decisions by the high court is vast.
    Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 6 Feb. 2024
  • The high court in August put the deal on hold to consider the 2nd Circuit’s ruling.
    David Ovalle, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2023
  • That case was only decided six years ago, but the high court, alas, is much changed.
    Michael Li, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The reason high court arguments are running longer goes back to a change the justices made in 2020.
    Jessica Gresko, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • The high court's timeline for responding to the state GOP's appeal is unclear.
    Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner, 28 Dec. 2023
  • The state's high court deadlocked last month, prompting Reynolds to call lawmakers back to the Iowa Capitol.
    CBS News, 14 July 2023
  • The victims are asking the state’s high court to come to a different conclusion.
    Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2023
  • In July, a high court judge said part of his case could proceed to a judicial review.
    Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The high court convened for its new term last month and has welcomed members of the public back for oral arguments.
    Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The high court will issue its ruling by the end of this term, probably in late June or early July.
    Caroline Kitchener, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2024
  • In a 6-3 ruling in June, the nation’s high court struck down a New York law that placed strict limits on carrying guns outside the home.
    oregonlive, 30 Nov. 2022
  • The two-page letter was a rare instance of the high court making its response to lawmakers public.
    John Fritze, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2022
  • The issue of where to draw the line dominated the questions early in Monday’s arguments at the high court.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The Legends/Cherokee consortium challenged Fox's ruling to the state's high court.
    Michael R. Wickline, Arkansas Online, 31 Oct. 2023
  • That sparse record contributed to the high court's decision Monday.
    Carrie Johnson, NPR, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Reproductive rights have galvanized Democrats and proven a winner at the ballot box in the 19 months since the high court overturned the ruling.
    Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024

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