Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico

E8366

court intermediate appellate court judicial body

The Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico is the intermediate appellate court in Puerto Rico’s judicial system, reviewing decisions from lower courts under the supervision of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico canonical	4
Puerto Rico Court of Appeals	3
Tribunal de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico	2
appellate courts of Puerto Rico (administrative functions)	1
intermediate appellate courts of Puerto Rico	1
jueces del Tribunal de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ intermediate appellate court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ
alsoUsesLanguageInProceedings	English ⓘ
appealsTo	Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
appliesLaw	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the United States federal laws applicable to Puerto Rico ⓘ laws of Puerto Rico ⓘ
bindingAuthorityOn	Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rico Court of First Instance
canIssue	non‑precedential opinions ⓘ precedential opinions ⓘ
constitutionalStatus	constitutional court of record ⓘ
country	Puerto Rico ⓘ
courtType	collegiate court ⓘ
decisionForm	panel decisions ⓘ written opinions ⓘ
establishedBy	Constitution of Puerto Rico ⓘ
function	ensures uniform application of Puerto Rico law ⓘ relieves the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico from routine appeals ⓘ
governingDocument	Laws of Puerto Rico Annotated ⓘ
hasBranchOfGovernment	Judicial ⓘ
hasTypeOfCases	administrative appeals ⓘ civil appeals ⓘ constitutional law issues ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ family law appeals ⓘ labor law appeals ⓘ
isHigherCourtThan	Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rico Court of First Instance
isLowerCourtThan	Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
jurisdiction	Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
legalSystem	civil law system ⓘ mixed civil–common law system ⓘ
legalSystemContext	sub‑federal court within the United States legal framework ⓘ
location	San Juan ⓘ surface form: San Juan, Puerto Rico
nativeNameLanguage	es ⓘ
officialLanguageOfProceedings	Spanish ⓘ
partOf	Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico ⓘ
positionInJudicialHierarchy	intermediate level ⓘ
regionServed	entire territory of Puerto Rico ⓘ
reviewsDecisionsFrom	Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico ⓘ surface form: Puerto Rico Court of First Instance administrative agencies of Puerto Rico ⓘ
role	harmonizes interpretation of Puerto Rico laws ⓘ reviews errors of law from lower courts ⓘ
seat	San Juan–Caguas–Guaynabo metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: San Juan metropolitan area
subjectToReviewBy	certiorari of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ
supervisingCourt	Supreme Court of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Supreme Court of Puerto Rico → hasAuthorityOver → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Puerto Rico Rules of Civil Procedure → appliesTo → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puerto Rico Court of Appeals

Court of First Instance of Puerto Rico → appealsTo → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Article V – The Judicial Branch → establishes → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: intermediate appellate courts of Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico Penal Code → bindingOn → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puerto Rico Court of Appeals

Judicial Branch of Puerto Rico → hasPart → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

Municipal Court of Puerto Rico → subjectToReviewBy → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: Puerto Rico Court of Appeals

Office of Court Administration of Puerto Rico → oversees → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: appellate courts of Puerto Rico (administrative functions)

Supreme Court → oversees → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

subject surface form: Supreme Court of Puerto Rico

Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico → hasBody → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tribunal de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico

Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico → oversees → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: jueces del Tribunal de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico

Rama Judicial de Puerto Rico → hasIntermediateAppellateCourt → Court of Appeals of Puerto Rico ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tribunal de Apelaciones de Puerto Rico