What is the difference between the court of appeal and the district court?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Va. Props., LLC v. T-Mobile Ne. LLC, 865 F.3d 110 (2nd Cir. 2017):

We have recognized that "the district court is better situated than the court of appeals to marshal the pertinent facts and apply the fact-dependent legal standard that informs its determination as to whether sanctions are warranted." Revson v. Cinque & Cinque, P.C. , 221 F.3d 71, 78 (2d Cir. 2000) (quotation omitted). We are particularly cognizant of that here, where some sanctions may be warranted. Nevertheless, because the record2 has left us

[865 F.3d 114]

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