The supreme court is the one who benefits from court appeal
How? The supreme court will review the case and will see if it reasonable or not. Typically they would consider the case but most of the time they do decline.
http://www.uscourts.gov/about-federal-courts/types-cases/appeals
Hope this helps if your confused.
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what is ss and sa? I'm not able to help if i dont know what it means