How to Use en banc in a Sentence

en banc

adverb or adjective
  • Yost asked the full Sixth Circuit to take up the case en banc.
    — USA TODAY, 27 May 2020
  • An en banc hearing is a kind of appeal in which a much larger group of judges hears a case.
    — Kate Cox, Ars Technica, 22 Oct. 2019
  • But the 5th Circuit took the case en banc, which is where all the judges on the court hear a case.
    — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 15 Dec. 2023
  • But then the Ninth Circuit judges voted to hold a new appeal en banc.
    — Ben Sisario, New York Times, 22 Sep. 2019
  • But two of those judges have senior status, which excluded them from the en banc hearing.
    — Michael Wines, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2020
  • Tuesday’s arguments are scheduled to be argued en banc, in front of all nine judges.
    — Keith L. Alexander, Washington Post, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The en banc appeals court’s ruling could be appealed to the Supreme Court.
    — Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2025
  • With an en banc review, a larger group of 9th Circuit judges rehears the case.
    — Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Oct. 2020
  • The granting of an en banc review would add months, if not longer, to the litigation timeline.
    — Michael McCann, SI.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • His lawyers have now asked an 11-judge en banc appellate panel to consider the case.
    — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The challengers asked a larger, en banc panel to overturn that decision.
    — Maura Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2019
  • Tuesday's ruling came after an en banc hearing before the full 16 court.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes, 15 June 2022
  • The appeals court later denied Musk's request for an en banc rehearing in front of all the court's judges.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 29 Apr. 2024
  • The original decision was made by a three-judge panel, but the en banc panel will have 11 judges.
    — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Bonta and his office have the option to request an en banc review from the full 9th Circuit.
    — Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 3 Jan. 2026
  • What remains to be seen is whether a full en banc panel of judges will hear the Duarte case, which the government has requested.
    — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
  • Then, last year, the Supreme Court vacated the en banc panel’s decision.
    — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In Tingley’s case, a majority of the active judges voted against the en banc review.
    — Cincinnati Enquirer, The Enquirer, 9 Feb. 2023
  • But days later, the city asked for a rehearing en banc, or before the entire appellate court, which the court denied last week.
    — Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Tesla or the union could still ask for an en banc review with all the court's judges, though the unanimous ruling suggests that would be an uphill battle.
    — Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2023
  • But the decision was vacated in October as the court agreed to an en banc review, meaning with all of its judges.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026
  • But the decision was vacated in October as the court agreed to an en banc review, meaning with all of its judges.
    — Brieanna J. Frank, USA Today, 20 Jan. 2026
  • That prompted the city to ask for a rehearing en banc, meaning before the entire appellate court rather than a three-judge panel.
    — Miami Herald, 30 Aug. 2025
  • Attorneys for Croghan have not made any efforts for an en banc re-hearing or an appeal to the Supreme Court.
    — Cyrus Farivar, Ars Technica, 1 Jan. 2018
  • The en banc panel has since sent the case back to the lower District Court to be relitigated there.
    — Kevin Rectorstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • The judges voted 8-3 to affirm the en banc panel’s authority.
    — Alex Riggins, The Mercury News, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Circuit judges who take senior status forfeit the right to hear cases en banc, whereby all of the judges on the court assemble to resolve the case.
    — Josh Blackman, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017
  • The carrier could seek an en banc review in front of all the appeals court's justices, or ask the Supreme Court to review the case.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
  • They were eventually upheld by the 9th Circuit Court in an en banc ruling.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026
  • The Justice Department did not take a position on the request for initial review by a full, en banc court.
    — Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 24 Nov. 2021

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