What does "en banc" mean?
"What does "en banc" mean?"
en banc is a legal term that means the court is sitting together as a whole, i.e. Appeals Courts often (always?), hear cases with only three judges participating --not the full court. When a party requests an en banc review of that judicial panel's decision, they're asking that ALL of the judges assigned to that court hear the case and rule on it.
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