They would fill three vacancies currently on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, often called the second-highest court in the nation because of its influence.

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On Wednesday the Commission was ordered by the EU's second-highest court to pay losses to French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric, on the grounds that it had wrongfully refused to let the company buy rival compatriot, Legrand Holdings in 2001.

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On Wednesday the Commission was ordered by the EU's second-highest court to pay losses to French electrical equipment maker Schneider Electric (other-otc: SBGSF - news - people ), on the grounds that it had wrongfully refused to let the company buy rival compatriot, Legrand Holdings (other-otc: LGROF - news - people ) in 2001.

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Millet has argued cases in nearly every federal appeals court and gone 32 times before the Supreme Court, the second-highest number of high court appearances of any female attorney.

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But Vinje doubts that the European Court of First Instance, the EU's second highest tribunal to which Intel is lodging its appeal, will take that allegation.

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