How to Use federal court in a Sentence

federal court

noun
  • How can the federal courts take any cognizance of that in any way at all?
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
  • The three men are now on trial in federal court charged with hate crimes.
    — Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 17 Feb. 2022
  • One federal court has said that means no more than 20 days.
    — Jim Axelrod, CBS News, 31 May 2026
  • But a federal court's ruling has put that on hold.
    — Neal Riley, CBS News, 28 Jan. 2026
  • That trend is borne out in federal court rulings.
    — Hansi Lo Wang, NPR, 18 May 2026
  • The state court put the lawsuit on hold as a federal court weighs whether to take it up.
    — Jonathan Easley, The Hill, 31 Oct. 2024
  • One was ordered by the federal court.
    — Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 28 Aug. 2025
  • At the end of the day, would this be an easier case in federal court?
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 26 Mar. 2023
  • The feds charged him in federal court in Boston the next day.
    — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025
  • And there is no record of him in the federal court records database either.
    — Chris Mueller, USA TODAY, 23 July 2024
  • Trump filed the lawsuit against the Times this week in federal court.
    — Ted Johnson, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Legal battles raged on for months in state and federal courts.
    — Steve Bousquet, Sun Sentinel, 2 May 2026
  • Konnech has since sued the group in federal court for defamation.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The birth was revealed in a motion by her defense team filed last week in federal court.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Maduro and his wife entered not guilty pleas in federal court on Monday.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Trial in the case is set for next spring in federal court in New York.
    — Dan Heching, CNN Money, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Six of the lawsuits have been filed in federal court in Cincinnati.
    — Kevin Grasha, USA TODAY, 23 Dec. 2021
  • As Lewis notes, the odds of an acquittal in federal court are about half of one per cent.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2023
  • One policy that would have hiked fees for certain types of visas was shot down in federal court this month.
    — Terry Tang, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2026
  • The suit was filed in a federal court in Florida.
    — Lucien Bruggeman, ABC News, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Combs’ trial is not being televised, per the rules of federal court.
    — Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 15 May 2025
  • The suit is currently working its way through the federal courts.
    — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Biden has attempted to halt that program but the effort has been put on hold by a federal court.
    — John Fritze, USA TODAY, 30 June 2022
  • Bench trials are rare in federal court because all sides have to sign off on the waiver of a jury.
    — Jason Meisner, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
  • The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Houston.
    — Juan A. Lozano, Fortune, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The legal tussle is working its way through federal court.
    — Andrea Flores jan. 8, Los Angeles Times, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Similarly, moving it to federal court means a new judge will take over the case.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2023
  • Case could set new framework for who represents the state when a law is challenged in federal court.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Lacayo is set to be sentenced on April 9 in federal court for a wire-fraud charge.
    — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • The suit was first filed in state court in 2019, and was quickly moved to federal court.
    — Ryan Oehrli, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024

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