Generally, a final ruling by a district court can be appealed to the United States court of appeals in the federal judicial circuit in which the district court is located.

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"Americans for Prosperity believes that government should be reined in when it overreaches its legal authority, and here, the appeals court played that crucial role, reining in a district court decision that was judicial activism at its core, " said spokesman Levi Russell.

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The court refused a call for a judicial review of a ban by a school district on the placing of the ten commandments on a fence at school baseball field in Downey, California.

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