Appellate Courts in the United States

Author: Daniel John Meador
Published: January 1994
Publisher: West Group
ISBN: 0314037489
Paperback Book
Number of Pages: 151

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Table of Contents
Preface
Ch. 1 Functions and Evolution of Appellate Courts 1
A What Is an Appellate Court? 1
B Why Have Appellate Courts? 3
C Evolution of American Appellate Structures 6
D The Contemporary Appellate Scene 8
E Late Twentieth-Century Appellate Growth 12
Ch. 2 Structure and Organization of Appellate Courts 15
A One-Level and Two-Level Appellate Structures 15
B Organization of the Intermediate Appellate Level 18
C Relationships Between the Two Appellate Levels 24
D Maintaining Doctrinal Coherence Within the Intermediate Level 35
E Relationships Between State and Federal Appellate Courts 40
Ch. 3 Access to Appellate Courts: When, for Whom, How Much 44
A When - Appealability 45
B For Whom - Standing to Appeal 53
C How Much - Breadth and Depth of Review 54
Ch. 4 Appellate Procedure and Decisional Processes 69
A Traditional Appellate Procedure and Decisional Processes 70
B Departures from Traditional Processes 78
Ch. 5 Judge and Company 92
A Appellate Judges 92
B Law Clerks 106
C Central Staff Attorneys 108
D Appellate Counsel 114
Ch. 6 Past, Present, and Future 122
App. A. State Courts of Last Resort 142
App. B. State Intermediate Appellate Courts 144
App. C. Federal Appellate Courts 146
App. D. Selected Writings and Other Sources 148
Index 151
About the Authors 153

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