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Appeal

A request to a higher court to review a previously completed criminal or civil case. In general, only one of the parties involved in the original case may appeal it.

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Appellate reform is needed so that survivors of domestic violence who do not see success at the trial court level may appeal their case, or in the alternative, if their abuser appeals the grant of an injunction for protection, the survivor should have equal access to defend their injunction on appellate review. Appellate court systems should ensure adequate consideration of each case, thereby affording every litigant the full benefit of the judicial process.

Restraining Justice: How Florida Can Better Aid Pro Se Survivors of Domestic Violence with Appeals of Injunction for Protection Cases

clarity and consistency on the appropriate standard of appellate review

UNMIXING THE MIXED QUESTIONS: A FRAMEWORK FOR DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN QUESTIONS OF FACT AND QUESTIONS OF LAW IN CONTRACTUAL INTERPRETATION

The Supreme Court granted review and began its analysis by affirming the general rule set forth in Sauter that "[m]atters of trial procedure, evidentiary rulings, and jury instructions occurring at trial are subject to appellate review only if they are assigned as error in a motion for a new trial." Cty.

Briefly: In limine and beyond: Part 2

The dichotomy in the availability of prompt appellate review for FNC decisions has particular salience in the context of transnational litigation, where forum selection concerns are particularly acute.

MAKING FORUM NON CONVENIENS CONVENIENT AGAIN: FINALITY AND CONVENIENCE FOR TRANSNATIONAL LITIGATION IN U.S. FEDERAL COURTS

Even though appellate review is usually granted as of right in the U.S., appellate courts may refuse to grant appellate review in a number of situations.

THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IN COMPARATIVE PERSPECTIVE

Under current law, if an accused does not waive or withdraw from appellate review, (56) the disposition of the case will depend on the approved sentence as follows:

Post-Trial Procedure and Review of Courts-Martial Under the Military Justice Act of 2016

Even in the appellate division, the familiar rule on an appeal in a civil case is that the appellate court will generally consider only those arguments and claims that were preserved for appellate review by timely assertion or objection in the nisi prius court.

THE LEGISLATURE'S POWER TO CORRECT THE ANOMALY OF BENEFITTING FROM A FAILURE TO PRESERVE AN ARGUMENT FOR APPELLATE REVIEW

Bostic, (4) the Sixth Circuit, aiming to facilitate appellate review of sentencing, adopted a prudent procedural rule: the "Bostic Question" ("the Question").

The Bostic question

(31) Second, in Ex parte Watkins32--an opinion explored in Section I.C--the Supreme Court held that section 14 did not vest it with habeas power to conduct conventional appellate review of federal criminal convictions.

Preclusion and criminal judgment

Maher, who has 40 years of practice in administrative law, litigation, and appellate review, consulted with the defense team on appellate procedures regarding various writs and direct appeals possible under state law and appellate rules related to military justice actions and administrative hearings.

Maher honored by Army National Guard

The Appellate Term rejected both arguments, holding that in Small Claims Court, the standard of appellate review is whether "substantial justice" has been done, and great deference is given to the trial judge.--LNR

Court won't hear doctor's argument that hearing impairment hurt his small claims pip suit: Mathews v Allstate Ins

Among other motivations, this trend responds to rather exceptional patent doctrine emanating from the Federal Circuit in areas as varied as appellate review of lower courts, remedies, and the award of attorney's fees.