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En Banc means all the judges of a court sitting together. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges, but often they hear cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court, it is heard en banc.  

''En banc'' means all the active judges of a court sitting together to consider and decide a case. Appellate courts can consist of a dozen or more judges, but often they typically cases in panels of three judges. If a case is heard or reheard by the full court, which only occurs a few times a year in each appellate circuit, it is heard en banc.

 

The Court of Appeals for the [[Ninth Circuit]] is so large that its en banc sittings are about half of the active judges, rather than all the active judges.

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