Task: songer_source

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.

PER CURIAM:
Plaintiff Willis recovered damages, in the District Court on April 10, 1972, for personal injuries . received when the automobile in which she was a passenger collided with defendant-appellant’s automobile then bogged down and stopped in a private driveway adjacent to a Virginia State highway. Defendant had attempted to turn his vehicle around by backing into the driveway from the highway. The front of the mired vehicle protruded into the highway lane along which plaintiff was travelling.
Upon consideration of the record and the arguments of counsel on the appeal of the defendants, we find no inadequacy in the evidence or error at trial warranting reversal of the judgment entered for the plaintiff on the jury’s verdict.
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