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  2. United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

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    The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (in case citations, 7th Cir.) is the U.S. federal court with appellate jurisdiction over the courts in the following districts: Central District of Illinois; Northern District of Illinois; Southern District of Illinois; Northern District of Indiana; Southern District of Indiana

  3. People v. Goetz - Wikipedia

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    People v. Goetz, 68 N.Y.2d 96 (N.Y. 1986), was a court case chiefly concerning subjective and objective standards of reasonableness in using deadly force for self-defense; the New York Court of Appeals (the highest court in the state) held that a hybrid objective-subjective standard was mandated by New York law.

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  5. Judiciary of New York - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.

  6. Erlinger v. United States - Wikipedia

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    The United States District Court for the Southern District of Indiana overruled his objection and re-imposed the 15-year sentence. [2] Erlinger appealed to the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, which affirmed his sentence, holding that the government was only required to prove the burglary question to the judge by a preponderance of the evidence, as opposed to beyond a ...

  7. United States courts of appeals - Wikipedia

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    That is, one of the parties in the case could appeal a decision of a court of appeals to the Supreme Court, and it had to accept the case. The right of automatic appeal for most types of decisions of a court of appeals was ended by an Act of Congress, the Judiciary Act of 1925 , which also reorganized many other things in the federal court system.

  8. Appeals court affirms dismissal of Rep. Bost’s lawsuit over ...

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    The 2-1 decision from the U.S. 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago affirms a ruling from U.S. District Judge John Kness last year that five-term U.S. Rep. Mike Bost of Murphysboro and two GOP ...

  9. People v. Dlugash - Wikipedia

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    People v. Dlugash (1977) was a pivotal decision from the Court of Appeals of New York involving the principle of attempt in criminal law. It established that "legal impossibility," where one or more legal elements of a crime cannot be met, is not a defense for an attempt charge. [1]