under appeal

idiom

: being reviewed by a higher court
The case is currently under appeal.

Examples of under appeal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The injunction is under appeal in the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Quinn Clark, Journal Sentinel, 16 Aug. 2024 Their ruling stated that SB 1437 applied retroactively — since the convictions were actively under appeal — and because there was no record to prove whether jurors factored the invalidated theory in their verdicts, the convictions were invalid themselves. Robert Salonga, The Mercury News, 12 Aug. 2024 Advertisement His California conviction is still under appeal. Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024 The case under appeal began four years ago when the city and county of Honolulu sued Sunoco and 14 other major oil and gas producers alleging a failure to warn and creating a nuisance. David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 4 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for under appeal 

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“Under appeal.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/under%20appeal. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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