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federal case

NOUN
minor problem made into a major issue
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After five days of deliberations, a jury found Ridley-Thomas guilty in a sprawling federal case involving a quid pro quo with the then-dean of USC’s social work program, Marilyn Flynn.

From Los Angeles Times

Our former president's legal team now includes an "insurance lawyer who's never had a federal case, a past general counsel for a parking-garage company and a former host at far-right One America News."

From Salon

Daniels said having his charges dismissed in Georgia should improve Hobbs’ standing in the federal case.

From Seattle Times

It also said Exxon’s federal case against New York Attorney General Letitia James was moot after she decided not to appeal a state judge’s December 2019 dismissal of her lawsuit against the company following a non-jury trial.

From Reuters

A settlement in the federal case was agreed to in August, but “that the settlement is intact does not change that an abuse of the judicial process occurred,” U.S.

From Los Angeles Times