California Courts of Appeal

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intermediate appellate court system state court

The California Courts of Appeal are the state's intermediate appellate courts that review decisions from superior courts and help shape California law through published opinions.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
California Court of Appeal	1
California Courts of Appeal (for administrative policy)	1
Courts of Appeal of California	1
First Appellate District	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intermediate appellate court system ⓘ state court ⓘ
allows	appeals as a matter of right in most civil cases ⓘ appeals as a matter of right in most criminal cases ⓘ
bindingOn	California Superior Courts ⓘ
canReview	certain interlocutory orders by writ ⓘ final judgments of superior courts ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article VI of the California Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtType	intermediate appellate court ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution
governingProceduralLaw	California Code of Civil Procedure ⓘ California Penal Code ⓘ California Rules of Court ⓘ
handles	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ extraordinary writ petitions ⓘ
hasComponent	Fifth Appellate District ⓘ California Courts of Appeal self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: First Appellate District Fourth Appellate District ⓘ Second Appellate District ⓘ Sixth Appellate District ⓘ California Third District Court of Appeal ⓘ surface form: Third Appellate District
hasJudgeTitle	Associate Justice ⓘ Presiding Justice ⓘ
hasOfficialReporter	California Appellate Reports ⓘ
higherCourt	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
interprets	Constitution of California ⓘ surface form: California Constitution California statutes ⓘ
issues	published opinions ⓘ unpublished opinions ⓘ
jurisdiction	California, United States ⓘ surface form: State of California
language	English ⓘ
levelInSystem	intermediate ⓘ
location	California, United States ⓘ surface form: California
panelComposition	three-justice panels ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Branch of California ⓘ surface form: California court system Judicial Branch of California ⓘ
primaryFunction	error correction ⓘ review of appeals from trial courts ⓘ
publishedOpinionsAre	precedential in California ⓘ
reviewsDecisionsFrom	California Superior Courts ⓘ
secondaryFunction	law development through precedential opinions ⓘ
subjectToReviewBy	Supreme Court of California ⓘ
unpublishedOpinionsAre	generally nonprecedential in California ⓘ
uses	oral argument ⓘ written briefs ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

California Superior Courts → appealsTo → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

California Rules of Court → appliesTo → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

California Commission on Judicial Appointments → appliesToCourt → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

California Appellate Reports → coversCourt → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

Article VI of the California Constitution → establishes → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Courts of Appeal of California

Judicial Council of California → governs → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Courts of Appeal (for administrative policy)

Chief Justice of California → hasAuthorityOver → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

California Courts of Appeal → hasComponent → California Courts of Appeal self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: First Appellate District

Judicial Branch of California → hasComponent → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

Government of California → hasCourt → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

California state law → hasJudicialAuthority → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

Judicial Branch of California → intermediateAppellateCourts → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

Superior Court of California, County of Ventura → subordinateTo → California Courts of Appeal ⓘ

this entity surface form: California Court of Appeal