List of state intermediate appellate courts explained

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.

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

Court	Number of judges	Established
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals	text align="center"	5	text align="center"	1969^[1]
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^[2]
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"	1891^[3]
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^[4]
Kansas Court of Appeals	text align="center"	12	text align="center"	1977
Kentucky Court of Appeals	text align="center"	14	text align="center"	1975^[5]
Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal	text align="center"	54	text align="center"	1879^[6]
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^[7]
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"	1912^[8]
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^[9]
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^[10]
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

External links

Alabama Court of Civil Appeals Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals Alaska Court of Appeals Arizona Court of Appeals, Division One website Arizona Court of Appeals, Division Two website Arkansas Court of Appeals California Courts of Appeal Colorado Court of Appeals Connecticut Appellate Court Georgia Court of Appeals Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals Idaho's judicial structure

Illinois Appellate Court Indiana Court of Appeals Iowa Court of Appeals Kentucky Court of Appeals Louisiana Court of Appeals, First Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals, Second Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals, Third Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit Louisiana Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit Maryland Court of Special Appeals Massachusetts Appeals Court Nevada Court of Appeals Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alabama Judicial Department. 1991. A History of the Alabama Judicial System. Alabama Judicial Department.
2. Web site: Court of Appeals. www.azcourts.gov.
3. The Colorado Court of Appeals was established in 1891, and subsequently abolished, re-formed several times thereafter.
4. Sackett. Rosemary Shaw. Doyle. Richard H.. 2012-02-22. History of the Iowa Court of Appeals. Drake Law Review.
5. Before 1975, the Court of Appeals was Kentucky's highest court. See https://kycourts.gov/Courts/Court-of-Appeals/Pages/Court-of-Appeals-Clerk.aspx.
6. Web site: History. 2021-10-06. www.la-fcca.org.
7. Web site: History of Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District. 2021-10-06. www.courts.mo.gov.
8. The court of appeals was established in 1912 by constitutional amendment and divided into districts in 1968. See Ohio Const., Art. IV, Sec. 3.
9. Web site: Oregon Judicial Department. Oregon Court of Appeals. 2021-06-21. www.courts.oregon.gov.
10. Web site: Washington State Court of Appeals. 2019. Celebrate 50. 2021-06-21. www.courts.wa.gov.