How to Use district court in a Sentence

district court

noun
  • Bond can only be set by district court judge.
    — Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Dorr won on appeal, and then the case went to district court.
    — Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 24 June 2021
  • And a district court has - - has upheld that.
    — CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • In district court, the judge’s job is to apply the facts to the law.
    — David G. Savage, Los Angeles Times, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The court case could go to trail in a state district court later this year.
    — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 July 2025
  • The district court, again, ruled for the school, but the circuit court flipped.
    — Cate Charron, IndyStar, 3 Mar. 2026
  • Brown could contest the races and let a district court judge decide.
    — Dallas News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • The case then was forwarded to district court.
    — Alex Brizee, Idaho Statesman, 10 June 2026
  • And Google will appeal, too, when the district court case is all said and done.
    — Sean Hollister, The Verge, 12 Apr. 2024
  • The suit was brought in state district court in Travis County.
    — Zach Despart, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The district court does not intend to act until the election is long past.
    — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 26 June 2026
  • The case has been sent back to the district court for further proceedings.
    — Maya Miller, ProPublica, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The district court granted that motion and dismissed that case the same day.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 27 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, the justices sent the case back to the district court for review.
    — Tom Olsen, Twin Cities, 8 June 2026
  • The appellate court agreed and the district court case was dismissed.
    — Virginia Hammerle, Dallas Morning News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • The case will now be sent back to district court for trial, though dates haven't been set yet, Langhofer said.
    — Killian Baarlaer, The Courier-Journal, 30 Sep. 2024
  • In state district court, Vladeck said, there isn’t a direct road to having the law thrown out.
    — Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The law has been blocked since a district court judge struck down the measure in 2019.
    — Washington Post, 16 June 2021
  • The appellate court has sent the case back to the district court for a ruling on the merits.
    — Felicia Fonseca, The Arizona Republic, 13 Jan. 2021
  • The cases will continue in the district court while the law is in effect.
    — CBS News, 8 Apr. 2026
  • What is unusual about this case is the way that the district court responded to these claims.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
  • The case has been assigned to a Travis County district court.
    — Ryan Autullo, USA TODAY, 6 May 2022
  • The district court held that Spicer was an employee and that payment to him were wages.
    — Brian Thompson, Forbes, 12 Mar. 2021
  • The suit was filed in state district court in Tarrant County.
    — Emerson Clarridge, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 May 2026
  • People pay varying fees to the district courts, and those funds are dispersed broadly.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 Sep. 2025
  • Both a district court and an appellate court panel ruled against Evans.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 30 Dec. 2025
  • The plaintiffs want the appeals court to reverse the dismissal of the case and send it back to district court.
    — Jim Saunders, Orlando Sentinel, 17 July 2024
  • After the Supreme Court sends the case back to district court; the case is dismissed.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 26 Apr. 2021
  • Those come from immigration courts, not district courts.
    — Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 6 Feb. 2026
  • And that's what the district court judge decided and ordered their release.
    — Alan Gionet, CBS News, 28 Apr. 2026

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