appellee

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Recent Examples of appellee Indeed, the appeal comes to us with no appellee (a respondent in an appellate case) at all. Jim Saunders, Sun Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2024 But the commission held off after an objection from an attorney representing the appellee in the case. Neal Earley, Arkansas Online, 29 May 2023 The plaintiff-appellant (Sempowich) was represented by the Noble Law Firm and the defendant-appellee (Tactile Systems) was represented by Stinson LLP. Eric Bachman, Forbes, 10 Dec. 2021 In the grandiloquent language of the law, the Most Junior Junior Assistant had stated that the appellant’s case was so utterly frivolous, so completely lacking in merit, that there was no need for the appellee to respond. New York Times, 14 July 2021 According to an appellee's brief filed in 2013, LeCroy's attorneys hired a psychiatrist to evaluate LeCroy. Jennifer Henderson and Steve Almasy, CNN, 22 Sep. 2020 What the appellees and dissent seek is an unprecedented expansion of judicial power. WSJ, 27 June 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for appellee
Noun
  • However, developer representatives and the city’s outside counsel on housing issues, Barbara Kautz, said the appellants did not appear to have met the denial standards required under state law.
    Barbara Henry, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2025
  • In January 2008, appellant Citizens United, a nonprofit corporation, released a documentary (hereinafter Hillary) critical of then-Senator Hillary Clinton, a candidate for her party’s Presidential nomination.
    Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Jan. 2025
Noun
  • Board member Pamela Escobar, who did not vote for Lancaster, thanked petitioners for sharing their concerns at the meeting.
    Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 6 Feb. 2025
  • Kim Kardashian and nearly 400,000 petitioners are advocating for their release.
    Maxwell Millington, Axios, 10 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Our clients have taken this matter and these issues very seriously notwithstanding the jokes made publicly by the plaintiff and her husband.
    Benjamin VanHoose, People.com, 19 Feb. 2025
  • The motion for a partial stay filed on February 11 asks the court to only provide relief from the order to individual plaintiffs and members of the plaintiff organizations.
    Dan Perry, Newsweek, 19 Feb. 2025

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“Appellee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appellee. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.

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