How to Use superior court in a Sentence

superior court

noun
  • And in a rare move, the superior court pulled her off the case.
    CBS News, 24 July 2019
  • The lawsuit asks a superior court judge to force the city to put the measure on the July 17 agenda.
    Hugo Martin, latimes.com, 20 June 2018
  • After receiving the request, the chief judge submits it to the judges of the superior court for a vote.
    Kate Brumback, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The suit will be filed in superior court, Scolnik said.
    Shawn R. Beals, Courant Community, 6 July 2018
  • The charges against Cox were dropped in October, according to the deputy chief clerk for the New Haven superior court.
    Erica Y King, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Once the Supreme Court ruled against Bridgeport and remanded the case back to superior court, the city settled the case for an undisclosed amount in 2018.
    Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2022
  • Instead, the case will be transferred from a district court to a superior court.
    Charmaine Patterson, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2022
  • His brother, Luis, is a superior court judge in Madrid.
    Chiara Goia, National Geographic, 14 Dec. 2019
  • The process is due to be completed by Nov. 20 though a superior court judge could move the deadline if needed.
    Bill Allison, Bloomberg.com, 15 Nov. 2020
  • After the actress first sued FX last summer, a state superior court judge turned down FX’s request to have the suit thrown out.
    Maria Pasquini, PEOPLE.com, 2 July 2018
  • The pair are scheduled to be arraigned Friday in superior court.
    NBC News, 10 Dec. 2021
  • The superior court denied Becker's motion to dismiss the charges in June.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 9 Aug. 2020
  • Frances was always proud to have worked for two partners who went on to become a superior court judge and the other, a state attorney.
    courant.com, 28 Apr. 2018
  • He was indicted on June 15, moving the case to superior court.
    al, 8 July 2022
  • And only a superior court, not an equivalent court, should be allowed to do this.
    Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • He was released Wednesday and is scheduled for a hearing in D.C. superior court on Nov. 9.
    Thomas Novelly, The Courier-Journal, 19 Oct. 2017
  • Tahiliani’s lawyer, Benjamin Flam, said that complaint has been withdrawn so it can be filed in superior court.
    Stephanie Ebbert, BostonGlobe.com, 26 Nov. 2022
  • The bailiff, who had never booked anyone in civil superior court, had only one set of handcuffs.
    Lizzie Presser, ProPublica, 15 July 2019
  • Harrell will decide after the hearing if the cases will be sent to superior court for trial.
    Eliott C. McLaughlin, CNN, 4 June 2020
  • Wearing black slacks and a white dress shirt, Bryan Anthony Rhoden appeared for the first time before a superior court judge.
    Shaddi Abusaid, ajc, 31 Aug. 2022
  • But none, according to the superior court judge who denied his stay, appears to confirm his version of events.
    Los Angeles Times, 15 May 2022
  • Whitnum 57, made a brief appearance in superior court but did not speak.
    David Owens, courant.com, 19 Apr. 2018
  • By contrast the state’s court system employs more than 2,200 judges at the superior court and appellate court levels.
    Greg Moran, sandiegouniontribune.com, 24 Mar. 2018
  • Ricci is being held without bail and will be arraigned in superior court at a later date.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 Apr. 2021
  • The request must be approved by a majority of the county’s superior court judges.
    Tamar Hallerman, ajc, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The case was continued to Feb. 15 for a superior court arraignment.
    Jason Green, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Earlier this week, a superior court judge ruled that the county’s plan was not authorized by law and granted a request to block the count from going forward.
    The Arizona Republic, 12 Nov. 2022
  • Fights remain on the horizon, however, in other states, and the San Diego lawsuit, filed in San Diego superior court, is ongoing.
    Los Angeles Times, 21 Dec. 2020
  • The lawsuit names as defendants 10 women, but a Los Angeles superior court judge recently tossed out the suit against one.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The office asked the superior court to vacate Rubalcava’s conviction in 2019.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 19 June 2024

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