court proceeding
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court proceedings
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An initial court proceeding is scheduled for Wednesday and no plea has been entered yet.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 7, 2026
On Friday afternoon after the court proceeding, Eaton suspended his order from Wednesday “to the extent that it directs immediate compliance.”
From Barron's ● Mar. 6, 2026
Ryan wrote the new evidence would not have resulted in the trial court proceeding differently because the brothers could not show they experienced a fear of “imminent peril.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
“Maybe they took her there to start some kind of court proceeding or investigation. That’s happened to other civilians taken from Kherson and Melitopol,” Tetyana says.
From BBC ● Oct. 12, 2024
Hearing him retell it—seeing how impassive he looked in a videotape of the court proceeding, it’s hard to make sense of how singular and important the moment was for him.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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