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Circuit Court of Appeals Judge John G. Roberts, Olson was considered a potential nominee to the Supreme Court of the United States to fill Sandra Day O ' Connor's post.
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The Tax Court decision and a similar earlier finding by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals challenges a year-old I.R.S. ruling on the subject.
Some jurisdictions have specialized appellate courts, such as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which only hears appeals raised in criminal cases, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has general jurisdiction but derives most of its caseload from patent cases, on the other hand, and appeals from the Court of Federal Claims on the other.
Following this ruling, Alford petitioned for a writ of habeas corpus in the United States District Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, which upheld the initial ruling, and subsequently to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit which ruled that Alford's plea was not voluntary, because it was made under fear of the death penalty.
In the 2006 case before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Ballard v. Burton, Judge Carl E. Stewart writing for the Court held that an Alford guilty plea is a " variation of an ordinary guilty plea ".
After a decision in favor of Borland by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, the case went to the United States Supreme Court.
As a result, the Fourth Circuit decision remained standing, but the Supreme Court result, being a tie, did not bind any other court and set no national precedent.
In December 1978, the federal district court ruled in the university's favor ; two years later, that decision was overturned by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The United States federal courts are divided into twelve regional circuits, each with a circuit court of appeals ( plus a thirteenth, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which hears appeals in patent cases and cases against the federal government, without geographic limitation ).
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On Friday he will go to Portland for the swearing in of Dean Bryson as Multnomah County Circuit Judge.
In 2011, while waiting for certification, several service members were discharged under DADT at their own insistence, until July 6 when a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals re-instated Judge Phillips ' injunction barring further enforcement of the U. S. military's ban on openly gay service members.
' Lower courts then set guidelines for identifying ' junk science ,' such as the 2005 opinion of United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit Judge Easterbrook, ' Positive reports about magnetic water treatment are not replicable ; this plus the lack of a physical explanation for any effects are hallmarks of junk science.
In 1960, he made his first run for office as a candidate for Judge of the Circuit court, finishing last in a five-person contest.
Judges of the Circuit Court are titled " His / Her Honour Judge N " and are addressed in Court as " Judge ".
" Circuit judges are referred to as " His / Her Honour Judge N ." In writing, this title may be abbreviated as " HHJ " or " HH Judge ," e. g. " HH Judge Smith.
In Northern Ireland, the equivalent to a Circuit Judge is a County Court Judge, and they are addressed and titled the same way as a Circuit Judge is in England and Wales.
After graduating from law school, he clerked for a year for Judge Richard Posner, at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago, Illinois and another year for Justice Antonin Scalia at the Supreme Court.
Citing the precedent of the 2002 ruling by the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Karlton issued an Order stating that, upon proper motion, he would enjoin the school district defendants from continuing their practices of leading children in pledging allegiance to " one Nation under God ".
The army appealed against Judge Elliott's decision to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals and asked an appeals judge to stay Calley's immediate release, which was granted.
Chief Judge Sandra Lynch of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit ruled that Bart Enterprises can continue using Mercado's name and likeness in future commercial projects.
Appeals are to a higher judge ( Circuit Judge hears District Judge appeals ), the High Court of Justice or to the Court of Appeal.
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