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  2. Appellate court - Wikipedia

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    In much of the world, court systems are divided into at least three levels: the trial court, which initially hears cases and considers factual evidence and testimony relevant to the case; at least one intermediate appellate court; and a supreme court (or court of last resort) which primarily reviews the decisions of the intermediate courts ...

  3. Appellate procedure in the United States - Wikipedia

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    In cases where a judge rather than a jury decided issues of fact, an appellate court will apply an "abuse of discretion" standard of review. Under this standard, the appellate court gives deference to the lower court's view of the evidence, and reverses its decision only if it were a clear abuse of discretion.

  4. Remand (court procedure) - Wikipedia

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    If the federal court decides that the case was not one in which removal was permissible, it may remand the case to state court. Here, the federal court is not an appellate court as in the case above, and the case was remanded because the removal to the federal court was improper.

  5. Procedures of the Supreme Court of the United States

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    Cases that fall within the Court's original jurisdiction are initiated by filing a complaint directly with the Supreme Court, and normally are assigned to a special master appointed by the Court for the taking of evidence and making recommendations, after which the Court may accept briefs and hear oral arguments as in an appellate case.

  6. Petition for review - Wikipedia

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    In some jurisdictions, a petition for review is a formal request for an appellate tribunal to review the decision of a lower court or administrative body. [1] If a jurisdiction utilizes petitions for review, then parties seeking appellate review of their case may submit a formal petition for review to an appropriate court. [2]

  7. Trump has won the election. What happens to his legal cases?

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    An appeals court is in the process of weighing whether Willis should be allowed to stay on the case. But now that Trump is the next president, the case could face even more delays, or possibly ...

  8. Oral argument - Wikipedia

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    Courts may also have the discretion to decide a case without presentation of oral argument, rendering their judgment entirely based on the arguments set forth in the parties' briefs. [4] David Tatel , judge in the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit , has referred to a "long-established rule" that contentions made for the ...

  9. Red wave in Texas appellate courts, two flipped in Democratic ...

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    The courts uniquely “have intermediate appellate jurisdiction in both civil and criminal cases appealed from district or county courts,” the Office of Court Administration explains.