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The appellate court cannot refuse to listen to the appeal. An appeal "by leave" or "permission" requires the appellant to obtain leave to appeal; in such a situation either or both of the lower court and the court may have the discretion to grant or refuse the appellant's demand to appeal the lower court's decision.
In law, an appeal is the process in which cases are reviewed by a higher authority, where parties request a formal change to an official decision.
The court also rejected the notion that court-appointed lawyers would be disloyal to their clients, thus preventing a fair appellate proceeding. Further, since the court rejects this application of the Sixth Amendment to appellate proceedings, then that cannot be held as a claim for the conclusion that a person has the right to represent ...
Describing the appeal process, Michael Mather-Lees KC, head of chambers at Church Court Chambers, said: “In a case of this gravity, or indeed any cases that may merit reconsideration, the Court ...
The Supreme Court rejected an appeal on Monday to take up a case of Boston parents claiming an admissions policy had discriminated against White and Asian students.. The Boston Parent Coalition ...
A U.S. appeals court has rejected British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell's request to revisit its decision upholding her conviction for helping the late financier Jeffrey Epstein sexually abuse ...
An exception exists when this situation arises in one of the now-rare cases brought directly to the Supreme Court on appeal from a United States District Court; in this situation, the case is referred to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the corresponding circuit for a final decision there by either the Court of Appeals sitting en banc, or a panel ...
In a unanimous decision, the Georgia Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by the Georgia Republican Party to reinstate seven last-minute rules passed by Georgia’s State Election Board ahead of ...