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List of state intermediate appellate courts

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42 of the 50 states have an intermediate appellate court, and eight (Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming) do not.{{citation needed|date=August 2023}}

Some of the states that do have intermediate appellate courts have more than one, such as Alabama, which has one intermediate appellate court for civil matters and another for criminal, and Pennsylvania, with a Superior Court and a Commonwealth Court which are both appellate courts but with different subject-matter jurisdictions.

Of the states with intermediate appellate courts, some have many divisions with varying degrees of independence from each other.

State intermediate appellate courts

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Court

! Number of judges

! Established

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals

| text align="center"| 5

| text align="center"| 1969{{Cite web|last=Alabama Judicial Department|date=1991|title=A History of the Alabama Judicial System|url=https://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/judicial_history.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100220063821/http://judicial.alabama.gov/docs/judicial_history.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 20, 2010|website=Alabama Judicial Department}}

Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals

| text align="center"| 5

| text align="center"| 1969

Alaska Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 4

| text align="center"| 1980

Arizona Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 22

| text align="center"| 1965{{Cite web|url=https://www.azcourts.gov/AZ-Courts/Court-of-Appeals|title=Court of Appeals|website=www.azcourts.gov}}

Arkansas Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 12

| text align="center"| 1978

California Courts of Appeal

| text align="center"| 105

| text align="center"| 1905

Colorado Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 22

| text align="center"| 1891The Colorado Court of Appeals was established in 1891, and subsequently abolished, re-formed several times thereafter.

Connecticut Appellate Court

| text align="center"| 10

| text align="center"| 1982

Florida District Courts of Appeal

| text align="center"| 71

| text align="center"| 1957

Georgia Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 12

| text align="center"| 1906

Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 6

| text align="center"| 1979

Idaho Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 4

| text align="center"| 1982

Illinois Appellate Court

| text align="center"| 54

| text align="center"| 1877

Indiana Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 15

| text align="center"| 1891

Iowa Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 9

| text align="center"| 1976{{Cite journal|last1=Sackett|first1=Rosemary Shaw|last2=Doyle|first2=Richard H.|date=2012-02-22|title=History of the Iowa Court of Appeals|url=https://lawreviewdrake.files.wordpress.com/2015/06/irvol60-1_doyle.pdf|journal=Drake Law Review}}

Kansas Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 12

| text align="center"| 1977

Kentucky Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 14

| text align="center"| 1975Before 1975, the Court of Appeals was Kentucky's highest court. See https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Court-of-Appeals/Pages/Court-of-Appeals-Clerk.aspx.

Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal

| text align="center"| 54

| text align="center"| 1879{{Cite web|title=History|url=https://www.la-fcca.org/index.php/history.html|access-date=2021-10-06|website=www.la-fcca.org}}

Appellate Court of Maryland

| text align="center"| 13

| text align="center"| 1966

Massachusetts Appeals Court

| text align="center"| 25

| text align="center"| 1972

Michigan Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 28

| text align="center"| 1963

Minnesota Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 19

| text align="center"| 1983

Mississippi Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 9

| text align="center"| 1995

Missouri Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 32

| text align="center"| 1972{{Cite web|title=History of Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District|url=https://www.courts.mo.gov/page.jsp?id=123|access-date=2021-10-06|website=www.courts.mo.gov}}

Nebraska Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 6

| text align="center"| 1991

Nevada Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 3

| text align="center"| 2014

New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division

| text align="center"| 32

| text align="center"| 1947

New Mexico Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 10

| text align="center"| 1965

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

| text align="center"| 60

| text align="center"| 1896

North Carolina Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 15

| text align="center"| 1967

North Dakota Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 3

| text align="center"| 1987

Ohio District Courts of Appeal

| text align="center"| 68

| text align="center"| 1912The court of appeals was established in 1912 by constitutional amendment and divided into districts in 1968. See [https://law.justia.com/constitution/ohio/article-iv/section-3/ Ohio Const., Art. IV, Sec. 3].

Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals

| text align="center"| 12

| text align="center"| 1970

Oregon Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 13

| text align="center"| 1969{{Cite web|last=Oregon Judicial Department|title=Oregon Court of Appeals|url=https://www.courts.oregon.gov/courts/appellate/coa/Pages/default.aspx|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.courts.oregon.gov}}

Pennsylvania Superior Court

| text align="center"| 15

| text align="center"| 1895

Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court

| text align="center"| 9

| text align="center"| 1968

South Carolina Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 9

| text align="center"| 1983

Tennessee Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 12

| text align="center"| 1925

Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals

| text align="center"| 12

| text align="center"| 1925

Texas Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 80

| text align="center"| 1891

Utah Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 7

| text align="center"| 1987

Virginia Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 17

| text align="center"| 1985

Washington Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 22

| text align="center"| 1969{{Cite web|last=Washington State Court of Appeals|date=2019|title=Celebrate 50|url=https://www.courts.wa.gov/appellate_trial_courts/coa50/|access-date=2021-06-21|website=www.courts.wa.gov}}

West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals

| text align="center"| 3

| text align="center"| 2021

Wisconsin Courts of Appeal

| text align="center"| 16

| text align="center"| 1978

References

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External links

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216011224/http://www.judicial.state.al.us/civil.cfm Alabama Court of Civil Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216011228/http://www.judicial.state.al.us/criminal.cfm Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090913093708/http://www.state.ak.us/courts/ctinfo.htm#appeals Alaska Court of Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090513215210/http://www.cofad1.state.az.us/ Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One website]
  • [http://www.apltwo.ct.state.az.us/ Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two website]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090717081500/http://courts.state.ar.us/coa/index.cfm?menu=coa&page=index.html Arkansas Court of Appeals]
  • [http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/courts/courtsofappeal/ California Courts of Appeal]
  • [http://www.courts.state.co.us/Courts/Court_Of_Appeals/Index.cfm Colorado Court of Appeals]
  • [http://www.jud.ct.gov/external/supapp/appellate.htm Connecticut Appellate Court]
  • [http://www.gaappeals.us/ Georgia Court of Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216011354/http://www.courts.state.hi.us/page_server/Courts/Appeals/4942E2685D7AF75AEBD824637E.html Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090227071014/http://www.isc.idaho.gov/mguide/judicial_structure.html Idaho's judicial structure]

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  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081216012017/http://www.state.il.us/court/AppellateCourt/default.asp Illinois Appellate Court]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090718220256/http://www.in.gov/judiciary/about/11-appeals.html Indiana Court of Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20081219135023/http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/Court_of_Appeals/ Iowa Court of Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20101215203938/http://courts.ky.gov/courtofappeals/ Kentucky Court of Appeals]
  • [http://www.la-fcca.org/ Louisiana Court of Appeals, First Circuit]
  • [http://www.lacoa2.org/ Louisiana Court of Appeals, Second Circuit]
  • [http://www.la3circuit.org Louisiana Court of Appeals, Third Circuit]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090126204512/http://la4th.org/index.aspx Louisiana Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit]
  • [http://www.fifthcircuit.org/ Louisiana Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit]
  • [http://mdcourts.gov/cosappeals/index.html Maryland Court of Special Appeals]
  • [http://www.mass.gov/courts/courtsandjudges/courts/appealscourt/about.html Massachusetts Appeals Court]
  • [http://nvcourts.gov/Supreme/Court_Information/Court_of_Appeals/ Nevada Court of Appeals]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20090807051914/http://www.superior.court.state.pa.us/default.asp Superior Court of Pennsylvania]

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