is an appellate court considered a federal court?
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There are both state and federal appellate courts.  The term appellate is not usually used in the federal system; they go by districts.\n\nThe state appellate court is where you go to appeal from a decision at the Superior Court, which is the basic county court of first jurisdiction for most cases.  Small cases may be handled in a municipal court, or even a small claims court.  \n\nA case is a state case or a federal case because of facts about the case from the beginning, not through an appeal process.  The exception is the United States Supreme Court, which is the court of final jurisdiction for all cases, state or federal.  (But they won't take a state case unless it has Constitutional aspects.  They don't have to take any case they don't want to.)\n\nDid I clear things up, or muddy the water further?
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Marbury v. Madison.  But the fact is, the Tenth Amendment was then and has been violated with this "supremacy."  The federal jurisdiction was supposed to be limited to those powers granted in the Constitution.
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It really depends on the jurisdiction.  For example, California has the Rules of Court that are for all state courts and then each county also has local rules that supplement the Rules of Court.\n\nAt the federal level, you have the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and then each judicial district has supplementary local rules.\n\nOther states and jurisdictions may be different.
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It's called the Appellate Court.\n\nThe highest court of Connecticut's judicial branch is the Supreme Court.  Below the Supreme Court are the Appellate Court and the Superior Courts.\n\nMost states follow this naming system.
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I'm not a lawyer, but Federal Courts typically have jurisdiction over the whole USA.  Moving out of state will not even (automatically) excuse you from ordinary jury duty (personal experience on this), so I'm guessing it's probably more true with a Fed based issue.
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The United States Supreme Court is the highest federal court in the United States. It is often referred to as 'the Court of Last Resort' because its decisions are final. Decisions are the formal ruling from the court. \n\nA Supreme Court ruling is final: there is no appeal. However, there are two ways to overturn a Supreme Court ruling:\n\n(1) The Legislature can overturn a Supreme Court opinion by changing the law or passing a new statute that is contrary to the Supreme Court's decision. Even if the prior decision is based on constitutional law, Congress and the states can amend the Constitution to achieve the goal they want. However, this is not an easy thing to do.\n\n(2) Like the other answers have said, another way is for a prior decision to be overturned by the Supreme Court in a subsequent opinion. In this scenario, the Supreme Court overturns "itself".  To "overturn" a decision basically involves a new court case which would be decided one way under "stare decisis", and the Court ignoring the previous decision and ruling a different way.
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The US is a federation, so there are 3 branches of gov't for each state and 3 levels for the federal (united) gov't in Washington DC.  The judicial branch is the Courts.  There are 3 levels of courts in every state and 3 levels for the federal courts.  The trial court, the appeals court, and the court of last resort.  Next, is the legislative branch.  Every state and the federal gov't all have 2 chambers, the house and the senate.  Next is the executive.  They do the administration and at the state levels they are called the "Governor," and his appointees, and at the federal level it is called the "President," and his appointees.  Good luck, Shay!
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www.findlaw.com has a good selection of federal and state appellate decisions.\n\nMany state court websites also release their local appellate and state supremen court opinions.
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every circuit is different \ngoogle rules of court for your location
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I don't know what kind of case you are appealing, but representing yourself pro-se is a bad idea.\n \n     If you represented yourself pro-se at the US District Court level, then you already have a taste for how complicated federal litigation can be.  In a civil case, there are discovery requirements and in many districts, mandatory mediation.  In criminal cases, obtaining the discovery can be much more challenging than it often is in state courts.\n\n     Appellate procedure is even more complicated.  The rules relating to the submission of the record below, (known as the transcript) and the briefing requirements are strictly enforced.  In other words, you may have perfectly valid reason to appeal, but unless its properly before the appellate court, they won't consider it, and the opposing party will successfully have it stricken.  I sincerely doubt you will find anything online that will give you sufficient knowledge to write one of these projects yourself.\n\n     If you can't afford an attorney, then you need to contact your local legal aid organization and see if there are resources available for you.  If it is a criminal appeal, then there may be resources for an appellate defender to assist you.  \n\n     Either way, I urge  you not to do this without the assistance of competent counsel.  I should note:  pro-se litigants are treated the same as an attorney, as far as the knowledge they are expected to have of rules and procedures.  For more information, contact your local or state bar association.
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If you're talking about the Federal Executive agencies: Congress and the Courts.\n\nCounterparts exists at the state levels.
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If you mean "Administrative Law", it is the fact that the federal government and most (if not all) state governments pass some of their duties on to what are called "agecies"  These agecnies have authority to enact certain "Rules"(What most would call a law), charge people/companies with violations of these rules and in fact try them in an adjudicatory proceeding that in many ways looks/feels like a court of law.\n\nAdmin agecnies would unclude, the IRS, the FCC, the BMV, and the list can go on and on and on.\n\nCivil litigation is between two entities for matters that are not criminal in nature.\n\nCriminal matters generally exist between a government body, usually the state vs a person or company.\n\nGENERALLY speaking, criminal matters have the possibility if jail time and fines, where civil matters generally only have fines/damages associated with them.\n\nThis is a very good question, but in reality, there are 4 o 5 law school classes that you would need to take to appreciate the differences between all three of these areas of law.\n\nAdministrative law, Criminal law, criminal procedure, torts, contracts, evidence, etc.\n\nIf you have a specific question, please follow up.
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state laws overrule federal
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Each state has trial courts, they handle state issues.  From there cases are appealed to the Appellate courts for that state.  Then to that state's supreme court.\n\nEach state is also part of a federal district with District courts that equate out to state's trial courts but deal with federal issues.  From there a case is appealed to the circuit court of appeals and from there the US supreme court.\n\nSome issues can cross over and sometimes there are cases where a state's decision can be questioned in federal court.  The US supreme court is it in terms of power, depending on the issue, whether on state law or federal, the state's supreme court is next (or the circuit court of appeal) on back down.  It gets murky in the middle.\n\nEach lower court has to abide by a higher court's decision.\nThat is as basic as it can be made, but it isn't completely accurate because of all the variables and things that can happen in the court process.
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Sure, assuming you are talking about a federal district court and US supreme court.  However, the decision generally takes a form of appeal to the US Circuit court.  If the decision there is not favorable, then you can appeal the decision to the Supreme Court.  Off course, this all depends on the merits of the case and whatever the issue is, it must have a reasonable ground to appeal.
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The Supreme Court acts as the highest level of appelate courts in the United States.  They have the final say in any case that they choose to hear.\n\nAlso, the Supreme Court has original jurisdiction in certain types of cases involving certain kinds of Conctitutional issues and disputes between states.\n\nSupreme Court justices are appointed for life.  Senators are elected to 6 year terms.  Senators offices are divided into 3 classes, appropriately named Class I, Class II and Class III.  Every even numbered year, one of the classes is up for re-election.\n\nSo this year (2006 in case you're not paying attention)  one class (I think it's class III) will be elected.  In 2008, the next class is elected, and so on.\n\nThe elections that occur between Presidential elections (2006 for example) are referred to as Mid-Term elections, and usually get less attention, and therefore, more incumbant re-elections.
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The Appeals Courts hear appeals from all lower courts (state or federal).