Having appellate jurisdiction means that the Supreme Court hears cases that have been in trial before. A majority of cases that the Supreme Court hear are either controversial, or some kind of trial error took place in a prior court.
Appellate jurisdiction means a court has jurisdiction to hear an appeal from the trial court.
Lower Courts or District Courts. In a nutshell original jurisdicition, the first to claim power, is given to Supreme court because those guys are big. But the lower courts first get the case and if someone is not satisfied then they appeal to supreme court which is known as appellate jurisdiction. Most cases that supreme court get are appellate jurisdiction which means they have already been heard in lower courts.
If the US Supreme Court is the first to hear a case, they are exercising original jurisdiction; if the Court hears a case directly from US District Court under appellate jurisdiction, bypassing the intermediate US Court of Appeals Circuit Court, they are exercising expedited jurisdiction (as well as appellate jurisdiction).
(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.
The original jurisdiction is the jurisdiction in which charges are originally filed by the court (or state). An appellate jurisdiction is a court of appeals that takes a court case when an appeal is filed to hear in an appellate court.
Yes. Original jurisdiction means the court is first to hear a case; these are often called trial courts. Appellate jurisdiction means the court reviews a case already tried in a lower court to determine whether the law and constitution were properly applied. The Supreme Court has original and exclusive jurisdiction over disputes between the states. Under the Constitution, the Court also has original jurisdiction in cases involving ambassadors and other foreign dignitaries, but it shares jurisdiction with the US District Courts, which currently hear those cases. The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction over cases involving preserved federal questions from both state and federal courts. A "federal question" means the case involves matters related to federal or constitutional law or US treaties. "Preserved" means the "federal question" has been raised at the trial and each stage of the appeals process.
If a federal court only has appellate jurisdiction it can only hear appeals of cases that have been tried in lower federal courts and can't conduct its own trials.For example, the US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts have only appellate jurisdiction, primarily over cases tried in the 94 US District Courts.The Supreme Court of the United States is a federal court with appellate jurisdiction; however, it also exercises original jurisdiction over disputes between the states. The Supreme Court may review appeals from both federal and state courts, as long as the appeal contains a (preserved) federal question. This means the case must involve federal law, US treaties, or US Constitutional issues.
Courts with appellate jurisdiction only hear cases that have been brought to them on appeal from a lower court. This means that the case has already gone through one trial before and because the people involved were unhappy with the decision, they took it to another court to see if another judge thinks differently.
Jurisdiction means the power, right and authority to interpret and apply law. The two primary types of jurisdiction discussed in relation to the US Supreme Court are original jurisdiction and appellate jurisdiction.The court that first hears a case, or holds a trial, has original jurisdiction. The trial judge or jury are "triers of fact"; they examine evidence, listen to testimony, and try to make a fair decision about whether the information they're provided is sufficient (in criminal cases) to find a defendant guilty "beyond a reasonable doubt."If one party disagrees with the judge or jury decision at the trial level, he (or she) can appeal his case to the next higher court. Courts that hear appeals from trial courts have appellate jurisdiction. Appellate courts are not triers of fact; they don't look at evidence or hear testimony. Instead, they try to determine whether the trial or decision conformed with the law and constitution, and whether the trial procedures and jury instructions were followed correctly enough to allow a fair trial.The US Supreme Court only has original jurisdiction over a small class of cases, and typically only considers disputes between the states under its original jurisdiction, while the lower federal courts handle the rest of the caseload. Conflicts between states don't occur very often, so these cases only represent a small portion of the Court's work.Most of the cases the Supreme Court reviews were first tried in (for example) US District Court, and (usually) appealed to a US Court of Appeals Circuit Court. The Supreme Court then acts as the "court of last resort," or the final decision-maker (appellate jurisdiction), over cases it considers important to the national interest. This is what is meant by "the majority of cases to the US Supreme Court come through appellate jurisdiction."
"Jurisdiction"simply means "to say the law" so basically any legitimate court is one of jurisdiction because has the right to deal with legal matters. I suppose you are specifically referring to a court of original jurisdiction, which is one that hears trials as they are brought by a prosecutor or plaintiff. This contrasts a court of appellate jurisdiction, better known as a court of appeals, which rule on cases that have already been decided by a lower/original jurisdiction court. A court of appeals looks at the validity of the judgment (civil) or verdict (criminal). Some appellate courts however, such as the US Supreme Court, have other powers such as judicial review and can even hear cases of original jurisdiction if one of the parties to the case is an ambassador, president, etc.
"Jurisdiction"simply means "to say the law" so basically any legitimate court is one of jurisdiction because has the right to deal with legal matters. I suppose you are specifically referring to a court of original jurisdiction, which is one that hears trials as they are brought by a prosecutor or plaintiff. This contrasts a court of appellate jurisdiction, better known as a court of appeals, which rule on cases that have already been decided by a lower/original jurisdiction court. A court of appeals looks at the validity of the judgment (civil) or verdict (criminal). Some appellate courts however, such as the US Supreme Court, have other powers such as judicial review and can even hear cases of original jurisdiction if one of the parties to the case is an ambassador, president, etc.
A court of appeals is a court of appellate jurisdiction. This is in contrast to a court of original jurisdiction. If I get in a car wreck and want to sue, I would file my lawsuit in the trial court (whether state or federal), a court of original jurisdiction. Say I lose. I get one appeal as of right to the court of appeals. In most states, that is called the court of appeals or appellate division (or the circuit court of appeals in the federal system) There judges would review my case to be sure the decision at trial was proper. If I lose again, I could petition my State's supreme court (or the US supreme court if I was in federal court) for what is called certiorari (which just means I am asking them to hear my case). The Supreme Court is not required to hear my case, but if they do, that would be the final word on whatever issue I presented to that court in most cases.