List of state intermediate appellate courts

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42 of the 50 states have an intermediate appellate court, and eight (Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming) do not.[ citation needed ]

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Some of the states that do have intermediate appellate courts have more than one, such as Alabama, which has one intermediate appellate court for civil matters and another for criminal, and Pennsylvania, with a Superior Court and a Commonwealth Court which are both appellate courts but with different subject-matter jurisdictions.

Of the states with intermediate appellate courts, some have many divisions with varying degrees of independence from each other.

State intermediate appellate courts

CourtNumber of judgesEstablished
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals 51969 [1]
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals 51969 [1]
Alaska Court of Appeals 41980
Arizona Court of Appeals 221965 [2]
Arkansas Court of Appeals 121978
California Courts of Appeal 1051905
Colorado Court of Appeals 221891 [3]
Connecticut Appellate Court 101982
Florida District Courts of Appeal 711957
Georgia Court of Appeals 121906
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals 61979
Idaho Court of Appeals 41982
Illinois Appellate Court 541877
Indiana Court of Appeals 151891
Iowa Court of Appeals 91976 [4]
Kansas Court of Appeals 121977
Kentucky Court of Appeals 141975 [5]
Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal 541879 [6]
Maryland Appellate Court 131966
Massachusetts Appeals Court 251972
Michigan Court of Appeals 281963
Minnesota Court of Appeals 191983
Mississippi Court of Appeals 91995
Missouri Court of Appeals 321972 [7]
Nebraska Court of Appeals 61991
Nevada Court of Appeals 32014
New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division 321947
New Mexico Court of Appeals 101965
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division 601896
North Carolina Court of Appeals 151967
North Dakota Court of Appeals 31987
Ohio District Courts of Appeal 681912 [8]
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals 121970
Oregon Court of Appeals 131969 [9]
Pennsylvania Superior Court 151895
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court 91968
Puerto Rico Court of Appeals 391992
South Carolina Court of Appeals 91983
Tennessee Court of Appeals 121925
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals 121925
Texas Court of Appeals 801891
Utah Court of Appeals 71987
Virginia Court of Appeals 171985
Washington Court of Appeals 221969 [10]
West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals 32021
Wisconsin Courts of Appeal 161978

References

  1. 1 2 Alabama Judicial Department (1991). "A History of the Alabama Judicial System" (PDF). Alabama Judicial Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Court of Appeals". www.azcourts.gov.
  3. ↑ The Colorado Court of Appeals was established in 1891, and subsequently abolished, re-formed several times thereafter.
  4. ↑ Sackett, Rosemary Shaw; Doyle, Richard H. (February 22, 2012). "History of the Iowa Court of Appeals" (PDF). Drake Law Review.
  5. ↑ Before 1975, the Court of Appeals was Kentucky's highest court. See https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Court-of-Appeals/Pages/Court-of-Appeals-Clerk.aspx.
  6. ↑ "History". www.la-fcca.org. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  7. ↑ "History of Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District". www.courts.mo.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
  8. ↑ The court of appeals was established in 1912 by constitutional amendment and divided into districts in 1968. See Ohio Const., Art. IV, Sec. 3.
  9. ↑ Oregon Judicial Department. "Oregon Court of Appeals". www.courts.oregon.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
  10. ↑ Washington State Court of Appeals (2019). "Celebrate 50". www.courts.wa.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
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