Kentucky Court of Appeals

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intermediate appellate court state court

The Kentucky Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court in Kentucky’s state judiciary that reviews decisions from lower trial courts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Kentucky Court of Appeals canonical	5
Kentucky Court of Appeals (as court of last resort)	1
Kentucky appellate courts	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3449446 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Context triple: [South Western Reporter, coversJurisdiction, Kentucky Court of Appeals]

A. Kentucky Supreme Court
The Kentucky Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, responsible for interpreting state law and the Kentucky Constitution.
B. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Kentucky.
C. United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Kentucky.
D. Indiana Court of Appeals
The Indiana Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Indiana’s judiciary, responsible for reviewing decisions from the state’s trial courts.
E. Shelby County, Kentucky
Shelby County, Kentucky is a historically significant county in north-central Kentucky known for its rich agricultural heritage, particularly horse farming, and its county seat, Shelbyville.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Target entity description: The Kentucky Court of Appeals is an intermediate appellate court in Kentucky’s state judiciary that reviews decisions from lower trial courts.

A. Kentucky Supreme Court
The Kentucky Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, responsible for interpreting state law and the Kentucky Constitution.
B. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Kentucky.
C. United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky
The United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western region of Kentucky.
D. Indiana Court of Appeals
The Indiana Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Indiana’s judiciary, responsible for reviewing decisions from the state’s trial courts.
E. Shelby County, Kentucky
Shelby County, Kentucky is a historically significant county in north-central Kentucky known for its rich agricultural heritage, particularly horse farming, and its county seat, Shelbyville.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	intermediate appellate court ⓘ state court ⓘ
appealsFrom	Kentucky District Courts in certain cases ⓘ
appealsTo	Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Kentucky
cannotConduct	jury trials ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
courtSystem	Kentucky state court system ⓘ
courtType	appellate court of last resort for most appeals as of right before review by Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
establishedBy	Kentucky Constitution ⓘ
handles	appeals on questions of law ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ
hears	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ
judgesElectedBy	nonpartisan election ⓘ
jurisdiction	Kentucky ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky
language	English ⓘ
levelInJudiciary	intermediate between trial courts and Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ
location	Frankfort, Kentucky ⓘ
mayIssue	published opinions ⓘ unpublished opinions ⓘ
numberOfJudges	14 ⓘ
officialWebsite	https://kycourts.gov/courts/court-of-appeals ⓘ
organizedInto	7 districts ⓘ
panelSize	3 judges ⓘ
partOf	Judiciary of Kentucky ⓘ
primaryFunction	review of trial court decisions for legal error ⓘ
reviews	decisions of Kentucky Circuit Courts ⓘ decisions of Kentucky Family Courts ⓘ
superiorCourt	Kentucky Supreme Court ⓘ surface form: Supreme Court of Kentucky
termLength	8 years ⓘ

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

South Western Reporter → coversJurisdiction → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

Government of Kentucky → hasCourt → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

John Boyle → jurisdiction → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

Kentucky Supreme Court → precededBy → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kentucky Court of Appeals (as court of last resort)

Kentucky Supreme Court → hasLowerCourt → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

Kentucky Supreme Court → appealsFrom → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

S.W.3d → coversJurisdiction → Kentucky Court of Appeals ⓘ

this entity surface form: Kentucky appellate courts

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