court of appellate jurisdiction

Georgia's two major courts of appellate jurisdiction are the Court of Appeals and the Supreme Court.

Therefore, Rehnquist held, "there can be no plausible argument that the Act has deprived this Court of appellate jurisdiction in violation of Article III."

Competing with Bush for the less militant conservatives was Dallas lawyer Robert Morris, who recommended depriving the U.S. Supreme Court of appellate jurisdiction in school prayer cases.

But since it does not repeal our authority to entertain a petition for habeas corpus, there can be no plausible argument that the act has deprived this Court of appellate jurisdiction in violation of Article III, s2.

In 2007, law professors Steven Calabresi and Gary Lawson opined that Congress can strip the U.S. Supreme Court of appellate jurisdiction only to the extent that Congress expands the Court's original jurisdiction.

A court of original jurisdiction has the power to hear cases as they are first initiated by a plaintiff, while a court of appellate jurisdiction may only hear an action after the court of original jurisdiction (or a lower appellate court) has heard the matter.