federal court
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of federal court
An Americanism dating back to 1780–90
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The employee, Chetram Balli, was arrested Thursday morning in Queens and is expected to appear Thursday afternoon in federal court in Brooklyn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 12, 2026
The lawsuit filed in a California federal court on Monday said Huang and Nvidia misled shareholders about the national security concerns raised by the affair, and that their misleading statements "artificially inflated" Nvidia's share price.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
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
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
On April 28, Aldrich Ames pleaded guilty in federal court to espionage.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
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