federal
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He recently settled a federal corruption indictment without admitting misconduct.
From BBC • May 20, 2026
In civil cases, average damages awarded by juries in federal courts have climbed sharply since 2020, while those awarded by judges have fluctuated without a pattern, according to an analysis by legal-analytics company Lex Machina.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 20, 2026
IRS, the federal judge assigned to the case wasn’t sure she had jurisdiction to hear it.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026
He then issued an injunction claiming to prohibit the hospital from seeking relief in the federal courts that oversee Rhode Island under threat of contempt.
From Slate • May 19, 2026
It was only after the president of Bennett College, Dr. Willa B. Player, went public about the students’ arrests and the federal government stepped in that the students were released.
From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson
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