Story highlights The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals has set oral argument in the case for Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET

The panel is made up of three randomly assigned judges

(CNN) Legal briefs and court rulings are flying in the battle over President Donald Trump's travel ban, but the war is just getting started.

A federal judge in Seattle upended Trump's executive order nationwide on Friday by temporarily suspending the key provisions restricting travel for foreign nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries and refugee admissions.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals denied the US government's emergency request to resume the ban early Sunday morning -- and instead asked both sides to submit their arguments before a three-judge panel issues a final ruling.

The appellate court has set an hour-long telephonic oral argument in the case for Tuesday at 6 p.m. ET.

Here are the next steps as this legal fight continues:

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