Today, 98 percent of federal cases are decided at the Appeals level.

Other lawyers said the case could lead to major changes in federal cases across the country.

"You don't need to make a federal case out of it!"

He has literally made a federal case out of it.

You're making a federal case out of a simple murder and robbery.

The state no longer has the death penalty, but it is allowed in federal cases.

"So could someone explain to me when this turned into a federal case?"

You're the only one making a federal case out of this.

He wasn't going to stop until someone made a federal case out of it.