Also known as: United States Courts of Appeals · U.S. Court of Appeals · U.S. Courts of Appeals · federal court of appeals
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An intermediate federal appellate court established in each of the thirteen judicial circuits with authority to review decisions of district courts and certain specialized tribunals within its circuit.
Umar Usmani appealed an adverse evidentiary ruling from the district court to the United States Court of Appeals. The appellate panel applied the Federal Rules of Evidence to determine whether the trial court had properly admitted business records. Because the rules governed proceedings in the court of appeals, the panel reviewed the district court's application of the hearsay exception and affirmed the judgment.
Umbra Technologies shareholders sued the company and its officers for misleading statements about merger talks. After the district court certified a class, the defendants appealed the materiality finding. The United States Court of Appeals reversed the certification order and remanded for further proceedings on the element of reliance.
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Ulysses Usher's church sued the county after a flood-control ordinance barred all use of its land for several years. The district court dismissed the temporary taking claim. The United States Court of Appeals reversed, holding that the church could recover compensation for the period of total deprivation.
Ursula Ung sued her employer in federal court under diversity jurisdiction for on-the-job injuries. The defendant raised a state workers' compensation exclusivity defense. The United States Court of Appeals reviewed the district court's application of state law and reversed the judgment for the plaintiff.
Una Ueda, a physician, challenged a state criminal statute restricting abortions. The district court declared the statute unconstitutional. The United States Court of Appeals affirmed the judgment and upheld the injunction against enforcement.
Uriah Urban and his same-sex partner sued state officials after their out-of-state marriage was not recognized. The district court granted summary judgment for the plaintiffs. The United States Court of Appeals reversed, upholding the state's marriage definition.
The rules apply to proceedings in United States district courts, bankruptcy and magistrate judges, courts of appeals, the Court of Federal Claims, and the district courts of Guam, the Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.
The Federal Circuit may hear an appeal from an interlocutory order granting or denying an injunction in any case over which it would have jurisdiction of an appeal under section 1295.
No. Appellate jurisdiction generally requires a final decision that ends the litigation on the merits and leaves nothing for the court to do but execute the judgment.
The Federal Circuit may hear an appeal from a judgment in a civil action for patent infringement that is final except for an accounting.
…statute, from the court's grant of declaratory relief to Roe and Hallford. Both sides also have taken protective appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. That court ordered the appeals held in abeyance pending decision here. We postponed decision on jurisdiction to the hearing on the merits. 402 U. S. 941 (1971).…