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unusual facts about appeals court



Abrahams Commission

When the legality of the Certificates of Claim system was challenged in 1903 on the basis that the agreements made by the chiefs breached the rights of their community members, the Appeals Court upheld their validity.

History of Microsoft

Part of this ruling was later overturned by a federal appeals court, and eventually settled with the U.S. Department of Justice in 2001.

Nathan Kelley

The elder Nathan was a prosperous farmer who served the area as justice of the peace, appeals court judge and state representative.

Native Trust Land

However, when the legality of the Certificates of Claim system was challenged in 1903 on the basis that the agreements made by the chiefs breached the rights of their community members, the Appeals Court upheld the validity of the certificates, ruling that that title arose from a grant by the Crown’s representative, not from any agreements made by the chiefs.


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Alabama Public Service Commission

Commissioner Jim Zeigler, following his single term on the PSC, ran for state supreme court, civil appeals court, state treasurer and state auditor, losing each by narrow margins, thus earning the nickname "Mr. 49%." He made a comeback in 2004 when he surprised the political establishment by defeating long-time Republican National Committeeman and former Chief Justice Perry O. Hooper, Sr. for Statewide Delegate to the Republican National Convention.

Bradley Willman

On appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the appeals court disagreed with the federal judge and found that it was not enough for Willman to act with the intent to assist the government.

Caribbean Court of Justice

He said the opposition People's National Movement was fully supportive of adopting the CCJ as a final appeals court on all matters, both civil and criminal.

Drew Edmondson

Following the 2002 federal appeals court decision declaring the Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional, he joined several other state attorneys general in urging the U.S. Supreme Court to review the decision.

Eneva

The plan was approved by the Chile environmental authorities; however, the approval was annulled by the appeals court of Antofagasta.

Fernando Márquez de la Plata

In 1798, he was named President of the Appeals Court (Real Audiencia) of Quito.

Harry Cato

In filling a vacancy on the South Carolina Supreme Court in 2007, Representative Cato supported and voted for State Appeals Court Judge Don Beatty (noted in the S.C. Club for Growth Scorecard above).

Helene White

White's four year nomination remains one of the single longest federal appeals-court judicial nominations never given a full Senate vote, exceeded only by the failed nomination of Bush nominee Terrence Boyle from 2001 to 2007.

Hilary Lindh

Lindh is a granddaughter of Federal appeals court judge Robert Boochever.

Hoda Saber

In August 2006, an appeals court sentenced Rahmani and Saber to eight months in jail for "helping to found an illegal NGO", though, according to Tehran Bureau journalist Muhammad Sahimi, the organization in question had been registered with the Ministry of Interior.

Irving Kaufman

Kaufman presided over the three-judge appeals court panel reviewing the deportation of John Lennon and rejected the government's attempt to deport him from the United States to the United Kingdom based upon his having pleaded guilty in England to possession of hashish.

James Celebrezze

Celebrezze is the son of Cleveland politician Frank D. Celebrezze I, the nephew of former Johnson cabinet member Anthony Celebrezze, the first cousin of former gubernatorial candidate Anthony J. Celebrezze Jr., the brother of Ohio Chief Justice Frank Celebrezze, and the uncle of Ohio appeals court Judge Frank D. Celebrezze Jr., and the first cousin once removed of Anthony J. Celebrezze III.

John Rodenberg

Rodenberg was appointed to the appeals court in 2011 by Governor Mark Dayton.

Judith Cowin

Cowin is married to retired Appeals Court Justice William I. Cowin.

Marcello Dell'Utri

After the Appeals court ruling, Dell'Utri expressed his admiration for the late Vittorio Mangano, a convicted Mafioso who up to his death in prison denied that any link existed between Cosa Nostra and Dell'Utri and Berlusconi.

Margaret Chutich

On December 27, 2011, she was appointed to the appeals court by Gov. Mark Dayton.

Margaret Walker

Wright v. Warner Books was dismissed by the district court, and this judgment was supported by the appeals court.

Morris Arnold

Morris S. Arnold (born 1941), retired American appeals court judge

People's Law Office

This decision was reversed on appeal with the appeals court finding that there was substantial evidence of a conspiracy between the FBI, Cook County State’s Attorney Edward Hanrahan and the police to murder Hampton and destroy the Panthers.

Richard S. Arnold

Barely a year later, on December 19, 1979, Carter named Arnold to a new position on the appeals court headquartered in St. Louis—a seat to which he previously had very publicly considered nominating law school professor Joan Krauskopf but eventually opted not to proceed with because of Krauskopf's "not qualified" rating from the American Bar Association.

Robert Gotterson

Robert William Gotterson AO (born 28 December 1949) is an Appeals Court justice at the Supreme Court of Queensland.

Steven M. Biskupic

In an April 20, 2007 article TPM muckraker reporter Paul Kiel noted:"the federal appeals court released its written opinion on the case. And it wasn't any more sparing than the verbal remarks (e.g. that the evidence was "beyond thin") of the judges when they made the ruling.

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William Fletcher

William A. Fletcher (born 1945), United States federal appeals court judge