How to Use court of appeals in a Sentence

court of appeals

noun phrase
  • Not so, said the court of appeal.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 May 2026
  • Remember that this is the clerk of the supreme court and the court of appeals.
    — Jack Kelly and Matthew Defour, Journal Sentinel, 30 Aug. 2023
  • But a court of appeals reversed that dismissal, and the case was reopened last year.
    — USA TODAY, 7 June 2023
  • Two of the owners have since filed a notice to appeal the case in the state court of appeals.
    — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 8 Apr. 2026
  • For a blues singer faces death and destruction squarely; there is no cosmic court of appeals for such things.
    — David Polansky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 July 2024
  • The court of appeal held Sanders’s conduct was not work-related.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Sep. 2025
  • After the high court, there is the court of appeal and then the Kenya Supreme Court.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 26 Jan. 2024
  • There are two candidates running for judge, both of whom currently serve on the state court of appeals.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA Today, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The court of appeal concluded Husband could not make that showing.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2026
  • But if the court of appeals wishes to hear oral arguments, the ruling will be issued later in the year.
    — Rob Nikolewski, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Allen argued to the court of appeals the evidence as a whole does not prove the requisite mental state — and the judges agreed.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 19 Aug. 2025
  • The Venice court of appeals will now have to rule on Guevara’s case before he can be extradited.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • The case is with the DC court of appeals, leaving Haitians in Springfield in limbo.
    — Caitlin Hu, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The court of appeals rarely second-guesses the trial judge’s decision to stay on a case over a party’s objection.
    — Peter A. Joy, The Conversation, 25 July 2023
  • About a month ago, my lawyers informed me that my eight-year prison sentence was confirmed in the court of appeal and would be implemented on short notice.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • After years of failing to get past the court of appeals, the Supreme Court agreed to hear both cases last July.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 30 June 2026
  • This decision was then reversed by a court of appeals, reinstating the state’s first lawsuit against the county.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 June 2026
  • Last year, his conviction was overturned by the New York court of appeals and a retrial was ordered.
    — EW.com, 17 Mar. 2025
  • But a court of appeal overturned the ruling, meaning the four men must remain in Romania until their trial.
    — Louis Mian, CNN, 16 July 2024
  • Affirmed; court of appeals' opinion vacated.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • In any event, whichever party loses in the court of appeals can ask the Supreme Court to review the appeals court’s decision.
    — Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
  • But the new court of appeals ruling disagreed with Perry's interpretation.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 15 May 2024
  • This primary is held to narrow down candidates for local, nonpartisan offices such as court of appeals judges and school board members.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Reversed and remanded; court of appeals' opinion vacated.
    — Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The court of appeal focused on whether the Salvation Army suffers or permits program participants to work.
    — Dan Eaton, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Jan. 2026
  • Marshall said Pollard is considering challenging his conviction in a court of appeals.
    — Tanasia Kenney, Miami Herald, 27 June 2024
  • The court of appeals found that the order properly protected witnesses and the fair administration of justice.
    — Barbara McQuade, TIME, 4 June 2024
  • It will be held before a court of appeal and composed of a popular jury, unlike a criminal court where only professional magistrates sit.
    — La Rédaction De Vanity Fair, Glamour, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Chris Taylor, a former Democratic lawmaker who also sits on the court of appeals, is the liberal candidate in the race.
    — Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 1 Oct. 2025
  • The federal district court judge hearing the case ordered an injunction to stop the government from doing these things while the case moved forward, and a court of appeals generally backed him up.
    — Susan Shelley, Orange County Register, 18 June 2024

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