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What follows is an opinion from a United States Court of Appeals. Your task is to identify the forum that heard this case immediately before the case came to the court of appeals.

OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
The District Court dismissed,Count 1 of the plaintiffs’ Complaint as well as its counterclaim and granted the defendants’ motions for summary judgment as to the three other counts of the Complaint.
On this appeal the plaintiffs challenge only the summary judgments entered. They urge that the District Court applied erroneous legal standards in making its disposition, and further, that existence of genuine issues as to material facts precluded entry of summary judgments on the three concerned counts of the Complaint.
On review of the record we cannot subscribe to the plaintiffs’ contentions which are exhaustively considered and decided in the District Court’s Opinion, reported at 290 F.Supp. 978 (E.D.Pa. 1968).
The Order of the District Court, dated and filed October 14, 1968, will be affirmed.

Question: What forum heard this case immediately before the case came to the court of appeals?
A. Federal district court (single judge)
B. 3 judge district court
C. State court
D. Bankruptcy court, referee in bankruptcy, special master
E. Federal magistrate
F. Federal administrative agency
G. Court of Customs & Patent Appeals
H. Court of Claims
I. Court of Military Appeals
J. Tax Court or Tax Board
K. Administrative law judge
L. U.S. Supreme Court (remand)
M. Special DC court (not the US District Court for DC)
N. Earlier appeals court panel
O. Other
P. Not ascertained
Answer:

Answer: A