trial court

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A trial court rejected the state’s motion to dismiss in 2024 and granted the plaintiffs an injunction, blocking the application of the law to a wide variety of pregnancy complications.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

The trial court then promptly canceled the trial on the case that had been scheduled to begin within days.

From Slate • May 4, 2026

Even though Kuhlman was being chosen for a trial court in Kansas, President Trump phoned him directly to deliver the news.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 19, 2026

For 16 years, she fought a legal battle to bring her perpetrators to justice before a trial court acquitted them in December.

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

Once I was preparing to do a hearing in a trial court in the Midwest and was sitting at counsel table in an empty courtroom before the hearing.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson