An Appellate Court is not (usually) the Court of original jurisdiction. So, in many cases you would start at a Federal Trial Court (District Court) and would have a normal trial. If you lost, you could appeal to the Appellate Court, who would review the record (only) from the Trial Court for clear error, bias, etc. A new trial does not occur at the Appellate Level, unless it is a court of original jurisdiction.
The first battle of bull run, each side had about 18,000 poorly trained and poorly led troops.
Answer and Explanation:
dual court system the division of the courts into two separate systems, one federal and one state, with each of the fifty states having its own courts. trial court the level of court in which a case starts or is first tried.
Since Marbury, the Supreme Court has greatly expanded the power of judicial review. ... In 1958, the Supreme Court extended judicial review to mean that the Supreme Court was empowered to overrule any state action, executive, judicial or legislative, if it deems such to be unconstitutional.
