Washington: A second federal appeals court has ruled against President Donald Trump's revised travel ban.

The decision on Monday, from the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals, in San Francisco, was the latest in a string of court rulings rejecting the administration's efforts to limit travel from several predominantly Muslim countries.

The administration has already sought a Supreme Court review of a similar decision issued last month by the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals, in Richmond, Virginia.

The two courts employed different reasoning to arrive at the same basic conclusion. The 4th Circuit said the revised executive order violated the First Amendment's prohibition of government establishment of religion.