It's part of the process. I don't think a case can bypass the appeals level on its way to the supreme court.
The US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, which are intermediate courts of appeals (the courts between the US District Courts and the US Supreme Court) in the federal Judicial Branch. They help reduce the Supreme Court caseload by resolving appellate cases or dismissing those without merit.
Courts of appeals review decisions made by lower courts and serve as a step between them and the next higher court, which is usually the supreme court at the state or federal level. They were created to promote efficiency and eliminate backlogs for higher courts.
All the courts that are below it. If it is a federal appeals court, that means all courts in the country excepting the Supreme Court. If it is a provincial appeals court that means all courts below it in that particular province only.
Supreme Court district courts Circuit Courts Court of Veterans' Appeals
The supreme Court was overwhelmed by cases.
United States Appeals Courts, if by Federal you mean the Supreme Court. Otherwise, the chain goes- Local -> Appeals -> Supreme/Federal Court
About 1 4 th of the supreme courts decisions concern appeals from District Courts
In both the state and federal court systems, courts of appeals and supreme courts are those that have appellate jurisdiction over cases heard in courts of original jurisdiction (trial courts).
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).
The District Courts, the Circuit Courts, the Court of Special Appeals and the states's supreme court which is called the Court of Appeals.
district courts, appeals courts, Supreme Court
According to the Supreme Court Rules, Rule 10, the most important source is the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts.
Trial by jury is a right in the lower courts that does not apply in appeals courts or the Supreme Court. The jury makes findings of fact and fact is no longer in issue on appeal.
U.S. District Courts U.S. Court of Appeals U.S. Supreme Court State Supreme Court Appellate Courts Trial Courts Lower Courts
The State Supreme Court
Federal Appeals Courts
Congress created the US Courts of Appeals, now called the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts, to relieve the Supreme Court of much of its appellate caseload.