Michigan Court of Appeals

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intermediate appellate court state court

The Michigan Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts across Michigan.

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Mich. App. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf intermediate appellate court ⓘ
state court ⓘ
allows appeals by right in specified cases ⓘ
applications for leave to appeal ⓘ
appealTo Michigan Supreme Court ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Michigan ⓘ
surface form: State of Michigan
citationAbbreviation Michigan Court of Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Mich. App.
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
courtType court of record ⓘ
establishedBy Constitution of the State of Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Constitution of 1963
establishedInYear 1965 ⓘ
governingLaw Constitution of the State of Michigan ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Constitution

Michigan Rules of Court ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Court Rules

Michigan statutes ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver all lower state courts in Michigan for appeals ⓘ
hasChiefJudge Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType appellate jurisdiction ⓘ
original jurisdiction in limited cases ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges 24 ⓘ
hasOfficialReporter Michigan Appellate Reports ⓘ
hasPanelStructure three-judge panels ⓘ
hasSeat Detroit ⓘ
surface form: Detroit, Michigan

Grand Rapids, Michigan ⓘ
Lansing, Michigan ⓘ
Marquette, Michigan NERFINISHED ⓘ
hears administrative appeals ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ
criminal appeals ⓘ
hearsCasesFrom Michigan trial courts ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Circuit Courts

Michigan Court of Claims ⓘ
Michigan District Courts in certain matters ⓘ
Michigan trial courts ⓘ
surface form: Michigan Probate Courts
higherCourt Michigan Supreme Court ⓘ
judgesElectedOrAppointed elected ⓘ
judicialSelectionMethod nonpartisan election ⓘ
levelInJudicialHierarchy intermediate ⓘ
locatedInJurisdiction Michigan ⓘ
officialLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Judicial branch of Michigan ⓘ
Michigan Court System ⓘ
publishes published opinions ⓘ
unpublished opinions ⓘ
reviews decisions of Michigan administrative agencies ⓘ
decisions of Michigan trial courts ⓘ
state Michigan (most of state) ⓘ
surface form: Michigan
termLength 6 years ⓘ
website https://www.courts.michigan.gov/courts/court-of-appeals/ ⓘ

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Michigan Court of Appeals → citationAbbreviation → Michigan Court of Appeals self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mich. App.
government of Michigan → hasJudicialBody → Michigan Court of Appeals ⓘ
subject surface form: Government of Michigan
Lansing, Michigan → hosts → Michigan Court of Appeals ⓘ
Michigan Supreme Court → oversees → Michigan Court of Appeals ⓘ