Talk:Court of Appeals

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[edit] Another Merger

There is a seperate article on Court of Appeal that i've proposed to merge into this one. Any thoughts? —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thesocialistesq (talk • contribs).

It never should have been changed from a redirect to this page. (I've restored it.) Ewlyahoocom 17:16, 7 March 2006 (UTC)

Or a redirect the other way: The article has: "Court of Appeals or (outside the U.S. and in some American states) Court of Appeal". Well, "outside the U.S. and in some American states" would seem to be... most of the World no? Hakluyt bean 19:52, 5 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, that's my view. "Court of Appeals" feels very US to me. We only have a Court of Appeal here. Non-English courts tend to have singular terms for their function (eg Cour de Cassation), so "Court of Appeal" is the better translation. Why not stick with "Court of Appeals" as a US page, with a note under "Court of Appeal" to point here? The US approach to appeals seems more formalist and record driven than in most common law jurisdictions which seem far more fluid. Francis Davey 08:06, 6 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Merge?

Any thoughts on why we shouldn't merge this with appellate court and Appeals court? Court of Appeal is essentially just an alternate name for an appellate court in certain parts of the world, so it doesn't seem distinct enough to warrant its own article. -- PullUpYourSocks 17:56, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

"Appeals court" and "appellate court" are both generic terms and those articles should be merged. "Court of Appeals", however, is a proper noun naming particular courts. It's used for different levels of appellate courts in different systems, though. I think this article is useful in noting the different uses of this specific term. Not every appellate court is a Court of Appeals. Court of Appeals is for major sentences.JamesMLane 18:07, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

Every "Court of Appeals" is an appellate court, however. Maybe it's enough to note the different formal designations on appellate court and supreme court; otherwise, this is merely a list of unrelated courts that happen to have the same name. Postdlf 18:17, 22 Mar 2005 (UTC)

I am in favour of a merge, with the new article entitled "appellate court". "Court of Appeals" could remain as a disambiguation page to point to courts actually called "Court of Appeals". The current title is strictly NPOV. We don't have a Court of Appeals here in England and Wales (its the Court of Appeal). In Scotland the equivalent body is part of the Court of Session, and so on. Better by far to use the NPOV title to point to specific things, retaining POV. Incidently someone has changed the reference in Appeal from appellate court to Court of Appeals, which is even less helpful. Francis Davey 21:58, 10 February 2006 (UTC)

They appear to have been merged, but now according to our naming conventions the "A" in the article name should be lowercase, Court of appeals. Gene Nygaard 18:34, 19 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Full Court of Appeals

I often read the term "Full Court of Appeals" but have no idea what this is. What exactly is the difference between a court of appeals and a full court of appeals? Is one more senior than the other? Does it have more judges? Is it one level below the supreme court? I suggest adding and defining this term to this topic.

The Machine 20:18, 3 August 2005 (UTC)

In the U.S. federal judicial system, each Circuit Court of Appeals has several judges (I think the Ninth Circuit, with more than two dozen, is the largest). All appeals are heard initially by a panel of three of the judges. On rare occasions, a panel decision will be subject to en banc review, meaning that the case is reconsidered by all the members of the court. An en banc decision is frequently referred to as one from the "full Court of Appeals". So the answer to all your questions is "No -- it's the same court."

This point is explained in the article on United States Court of Appeals, which is linked to from here. I don't think it should be included in this article unless the practice is used in any of the other courts mentioned here. JamesMLane 07:40, 4 August 2005 (UTC)

Thanks for the clarification, James. I read the explanation of en banc in United States Court of Appeals, as well as the en banc topic. You still may want to consider adding to these topics the fact that en banc is also know as "a full appeals court". This phrase appears in many media articles, such as this one. I am not enough of "legal expert" to make this change myself!

The Machine 13:37, 4 August 2005 (UTC)