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Twelve of the thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts have territorial jurisdiction over cases heard in US District Courts within their Circuit.
The US Court of Appeals for the Federal District (the thirteenth intermediate appellate court) has nationwide jurisdiction over cases involving special subject-matter jurisdiction from such courts as the US Court of International Trade and the US Court of Federal Claims.
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(in the US) there is no such court officially designated"The Intermediate Appellate Court," there is no such jurisdiction.The US Courts of Appeals Circuit Courts and their state equivalents (one step down from the state supreme courts) are often referred to colloquially as "intermediate appellate courts," which simply means they are the appeals courts that act as a buffer between the trial court and the supreme court in a given judicial system.
Courts of Appeals is the intermediate-level federal court the courts of appeals is considered the workhorse of the court system.
Appellate courts
In the federal Judicial Branch, the intermediate appellate courts are the thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts. The states use different naming conventions for their intermediate appellate courts.
"Intermediate court" or "intermediate appellate court" usually refers to the appellate court between the trial court and final court of appeal (Supreme Court or equivalent). An intermediate appellate court is where the first appeal of a case would be filed. The term refers to the same courts, but "intermediate court" is a vague colloquialism that's not often used in the legal system; most of the time, people refer to a specific appellate court by name, or to the "appellate courts" or "court of appeals," in general.
The Georgia Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court and the court of last resort for the state is the Georgia Supreme Court.
All article III federal (constitutional) courts, except lower courts of limited jurisdiction (for example, the Court of International Trade), have appellate jurisdiction. Although US District Courts are primarily courts of original jurisdiction (trial courts), they are also used sometimes used as appellate courts for Article I tribunals, such as Social Security Disability appeals. Most federal appellate cases are heard by the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts; a few are heard by the Supreme Court of the United States.
appeals courts
Federal and state supreme courts (or their equivalent) are the highest appellate courts in their jurisdiction and have authority to make the final decision on a case under review.Supreme courts usually have what's informally known as "intermediate appellate courts" immediately below them. In the federal judiciary, the US Supreme Court is higher than the thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts (intermediate appellate courts).Some of the differences are:The Supreme Courts set binding precedents for all courts in a given state or nation, whereas intermediate appellate courts only set binding precedents fewer courts or a smaller territory.Supreme Courts have much more latitude (discretion) over the cases they hear; intermediate appellate courts have mandatory jurisdiction over more types of cases.There is usually only one supreme court for a given state or nation (although Texas has two), but many intermediate appellate courts.The intermediate appellate courts here more cases.Supreme courts consider cases en banc (as a full court); intermediate appellate courts are more likely to assign one judge or a three-judge panel to review a case, although they do occasionally hear cases en banc, as well.
US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, which is part of the federal judicial system. Of the thirteen intermediate appellate courts, twelve have territorial jurisdiction. The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit has subject matter jurisdiction over such issues as patent appeals, claims against the United States, etc.For more information on the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, see Related Links, below.
Appellate courts. In the federal court system, the appellate courts are the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts and the Supreme Court of the United States (aka US Supreme Court).
An APPELATE Court - a Court of Appeals has appellate jurisdiction.