appeals court

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Weinstein's conviction from that trial was overturned in 2024 after an appeals court found that the judge had improperly allowed testimony from women whose allegations were not part of the case being tried.

From BBC • Jun. 25, 2026

Both a federal judge and a federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., upheld Cook’s tenure, but attorneys for Trump appealed the decision to the Supreme Court’s emergency docket last fall.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

So he printed out a physical copy of a binding appeals court decision from 2017 that prohibited prisons from compelling Rastafarian inmates to cut their hair.

From Slate • Jun. 23, 2026

He had with him a copy of a federal appeals court opinion that said Rastafarian inmates had a protected religious right to wear dreadlocks.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 23, 2026

But by not appealing, we undoubtedly cost Kathy, Andrew, and Elias: an appeals court might have cut down their sentences.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela