How to Use appellate in a Sentence

appellate

adjective
  • Three judges from three different state appellate courts were assigned to the case.
    Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The appellate court concluded his actions didn’t amount to crime.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The appellate court dropped one of the three primary charges against Apple and used different metrics to calculate the deserved fine.
    Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2022
  • Federal appellate clerks, meanwhile, compete for an even bigger prize: a clerkship with a Supreme Court justice.
    Ian Millhiser, Vox, 25 Sep. 2024
  • Hudson has argued more than 150 cases in the Michigan appellate system, per his website.
    Arpan Lobo, Detroit Free Press, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The decision by the appellate panel, affirming a 2021 lower court ruling, leaves the program in place for those already enrolled.
    Harold Maass, The Week, 6 Oct. 2022
  • But this is just the first step in the appellate process.
    Ilana Kaplan, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The stay is in place until the appellate court can hear the appeal.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2022
  • The Court of Criminal Appeals is one of the busiest appellate courts in the nation.
    Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
  • The appellate judges said the statement should have been allowed to be heard by the jury.
    David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 7 May 2024
  • The lawsuit Aguirre filed on behalf of Gordon has been pushed to the state appellate court.
    Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Mar. 2024
  • An appellate court agreed, throwing out all but the tax charge.
    Harriet Ryan, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
  • Sheeran’s legal team will file their own appellate brief in the months to come.
    Bill Donahue, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
  • That marks the third appellate court in three years to find the mesothelioma plaintiffs bar claims are baseless.
    Danielle Bacher, Peoplemag, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Any decision is likely to be appealed, first to the full appellate court and then to the Supreme Court.
    Abbie Vansickle and Pam Belluck, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2023
  • In reversing, the appellate court noted two flaws with the statute.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Blatt chairs the Supreme Court and appellate practice at the Williams and Connolly law firm.
    Jessica Gresko, Fortune, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The appellate court’s ruling calls for a new trial, which has yet to be scheduled.
    Terry Castleman, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • Nearly all of these disputes played out at the trial and appellate level and didn’t reach the Supreme Court.
    Zoe Tillman, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2023
  • The appellate court’s action seemed to ease the pressure on Mr. Trump to try to tap his newfound Trump Media wealth.
    Joe Rennison, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2024
  • The question for the appellate court was whether claiming the election was stolen and telling his supporters to go to the Capitol crossed that line.
    Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
  • An appellate court awarded each of the eight students $5,300 in damages this year.
    Andrew Jeong, Washington Post, 21 Dec. 2023
  • The appellate court found that the village did host a festival, though not one about Myers.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2024
  • An appellate court had been expected hear the case next year.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The gun shop owner took his grievance to the 7th Circuit appellate court, which sided with Kendall.
    Barnini Chakraborty, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • The appropriate time for the families to object, the appellate court ruled, would be when, and if, the DOJ seeks to dismiss the case.
    James Hill, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Caligrown then filed an appeal and that’s when the appellate court ruled in favor of the cannabis company.
    Tammy Murga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • But that’s not how a state appellate court recently saw it.
    Valerie Crowder, NPR, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The ruling came after the California Supreme Court transferred the case back to the appellate court to reconsider the case in light of the new law.
    Deena Zaru, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2023
  • It is charged with reviewing and approving nominees to the state appellate court and the Supreme Court.
    Greg Moran, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Apr. 2023

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