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high court

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as in supreme court

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Recent Examples of high court In February, Reyes had paused the administration’s decision ending TPS for the Haitian immigrants, setting the stage for the high court’s 6-3 ruling overturning both her and a federal appeals court. — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 5 Aug. 2026 Those tariffs were scrapped in late February after the high court ruled IEEPA did not authorize them. — Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 5 Aug. 2026 The order signed by Sotomayor comes after the high court ruled last year in favor of the victims and their families. — ABC News, 3 Aug. 2026 The state's high court also upheld the Fifth Judicial District Court’s ruling that surveillance video showing Trevizo inside the hospital and any body camera footage captured by police were also not admissible in court. — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 2 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high court

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The Italian supreme court’s abolition of 2024 restrictions on citizenship by descent means American families who’d been torn apart by the new legislation can now be reunited.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
No changes to the state supreme court bench are happening in Kansas' future.

— Saige Miller, NPR, 5 Aug. 2026

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The case initially was filed in California’s 3rd District Court of Appeal, but judges there declined to review it, saying the case first should proceed through the trial court.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026
The appeals court ultimately did not rule on whether Section 230 bars those claims, but concluded that the appeal was premature because the trial court’s ruling was not final.

— Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Aug. 2026

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Employment tribunal cases involving neurodivergent conditions rose by 95% between 2020 and 2025, including a 19% rise in the final year.

— Nancy Doyle, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
This includes a High Court lawsuit claiming breach of contract, as well as an employment tribunal for wrongful dismissal and gender discrimination.

— Jake Kanter, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

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