federal district court

American  

noun

1. district court.

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Etymology

Origin of federal district court

First recorded in 1930–35

Example Sentences

“Because our Constitution assigns responsibility for election regulation to the States and to Congress, this Court holds that the President lacks the authority to direct such changes,” Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia wrote in October.

From Los Angeles Times

Chief Judge Patrick Schiltz, who runs the federal district court in Minnesota, this week canvassed his fellow judges and said the administration had failed to comply with court orders in 74 different cases brought by individuals who said they were being wrongly detained.

From The Wall Street Journal

On Jan. 6, a federal district court in Pennsylvania unsealed a court order in Yael Canaan’s suit against Pittsburgh’s Carnegie Mellon University.

From The Wall Street Journal

Attorneys from the ACLU, Seton Hall University and the Center for Constitutional Rights are representing the families in Massachusetts federal district court.

From Salon

Instead, he transferred it to the New Jersey federal district court.

From Slate