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Some appellate courts, such as the Supreme Court Of The United States and the Highest Courts of most U.S. State s, do not sit in panels, but hear substantially all of their cases ''en banc''. In the United States Court Of Appeals For The Ninth Circuit , the phrase "''en banc''" is used to refer to 11-judge panels, which constitute less than the full court, but which perform the same function as the full United States Court Of Appeals in other circuits. California prefers to use English versions of legal terms whenever possible. Thus, one occasionally sees the inscription "IN BANK" on California Supreme Court opinions published before the court began routinely sitting ''en banc'' on all cases (prior to 1960, most cases were disposed of by three-justice panels). In French , ''en banc'' means "in bench", which seems a more appropriate translation than "IN BANK" given that judges sit, as a group, on the "bench". |
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