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.

The panel opinion filed and the judgment entered on September 12, 1989, are vacated and appellant’s suggestion for rehearing en banc is granted. The case is set for oral argument before the court en banc on Friday, January 19, 1990, in the U.S. Court and Custom House in St. Louis, Missouri. Argument will be limited to fifteen (15) minutes per side.
Counsel may simultaneously file, within thirty (30) days of the date of this order, supplemental briefs which are not duplica-tive of the briefs originally filed. The supplemental briefs shall not exceed fifteen (15) pages in length.

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: N