How to Use federal case in a Sentence

federal case

noun
  • But by that point, the federal case had grown even more damning for him.
    — Steve Belanger, HollywoodReporter, 23 Oct. 2025
  • You should be allowed to be not drinking and not make a federal case out of it.
    — Mahita Gajanan, Time, 27 June 2019
  • Trial dates for both the state case and the new federal case have yet to be announced.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The status of the federal case is unclear; no charges have been filed.
    — Allie Morris, Dallas News, 15 Feb. 2023
  • What is the basis for the federal case against Dugan?
    — John Diedrich, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The state case is on pause until the federal case concludes.
    — Julia Coin june 11, Charlotte Observer, 11 June 2026
  • Mangione is due in court in the federal case days later.
    — Max Rego, The Hill, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In the federal case, all sides agreed to waive attorneys fees.
    — Los Angeles Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • By then, the brothers had pleaded guilty in their federal case.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2023
  • No trial date has been scheduled in the federal case.
    — Bloomberg News, Boston Herald, 20 Sep. 2025
  • The federal case against him was dismissed after his death.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 2 Dec. 2025
  • An ongoing federal case could change all of that.
    — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 4 Feb. 2026
  • They were not named as parties in the federal case but are defendants in the state case.
    — cleveland, 9 Oct. 2020
  • Online court records do not list attorneys for the men in the federal case.
    — Alex Mann, Baltimore Sun, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Fox and Croft are among six defendants charged in the federal case.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Chaudry faces a maximum of 10 years in prison for each count in the federal case.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2022
  • The federal case is separate from the state charges for Floyd's death.
    — Eric Levenson, CNN, 24 Jan. 2022
  • Three other Cincinnati men have been charged in the federal case.
    — Kevin Grasha, The Enquirer, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Now only the two stalking charges remain in his federal case.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2026
  • Now only the two stalking charges remain in his federal case.
    — Lorena O’Neil, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Joseph Emerson was sentenced to time served in his federal case.
    — John Capell, ABC News, 17 Nov. 2025
  • In the federal case, the news release says Frazier met the teenage girl through an east-side church.
    — Ryan Martin, Indianapolis Star, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The federal judge last week took the death penalty off the table in the federal case.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 6 Feb. 2026
  • The new federal case is only the latest gun charge for Lil Zay.
    — Bill Donahue, Billboard, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The pardon only applied to the federal case and does not preclude the state charges.
    — Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Weiser said that the states will move to consolidate the suit with the federal case.
    — David McLaughlin, Fortune, 17 Dec. 2020
  • His lawyers are also asking the judge to eliminate the same items from his federal case.
    — Julia Bonavita , Maria Paronich, FOXNews.com, 12 Jan. 2026
  • The filing is part of an ongoing federal case brought by civil rights groups.
    — Laura Romero, ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • The defense meanwhile may not want the Chicago federal case to go first.
    — Maria Puente, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The McMichaels and Bryan have all pleaded not guilty in the federal case.
    — Russ Bynum, ajc, 14 Feb. 2022

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