federal court
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of federal court
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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The lawsuit, filed earlier this month in a San Francisco federal court, accuses Anthropic of engaging in “copyright infringement at a scale never seen before.”
From Salon ● Oct. 30, 2026
Owners of property near the site sued in federal court seeking to block construction.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 27, 2026
A verdict there is expected soon, and any appeal will inevitably land in federal court, and raise similar questions about free speech.
From Slate ● Oct. 27, 2026
“Defendant has built its entire business model based on copyright infringement at a scale never seen before,” the plaintiffs said in a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in San Francisco.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2026
I did not attend these meetings, which dragged on for both the remaining negligence case against the state and the civil rights case against the caseworkers in federal court.
From "Three Little Words: A Memoir" by Ashley Rhodes-Courter
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