Some jurisdictions have specialized appellate courts, such as the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, which only hears appeals raised in criminal cases, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has general jurisdiction but derives most of its caseload from patent cases, on the other hand, and appeals from the Court of Federal Claims on the other.

Claims for the existence of paranormal and psychic abilities such as clairvoyance have not been supported by scientific evidence published in high impact factor peer reviewed journals.

Claims of exoplanet detections have been made since the nineteenth century.

Claims that prayer, divine intervention, or the ministrations of an individual healer can cure illness have been popular throughout history.

Claims under the law have typically involved health care, military, or other government spending programs, and dominate the list of largest pharmaceutical settlements.

Claims of less corrosiveness of these products have been controversial however.

This may have significant commercial implications ; see " Territorial Claims ," below.

Claims of prophets have existed in many cultures through history, including Judaism, Christianity, Islam, in Ancient Greece, Zoroaster, and many others.

Claims of privacy protection made by companies may be difficult for consumers to verify, except when they have already been violated.

Claims that on discovery the island " was entirely covered with forests, the trees drooping over the tremendous precipices that overhang the sea " have been questioned.

Claims that Sweeney Todd was a real person were first made in the introduction to the 1850 ( expanded ) edition of The String of Pearls and have persisted to the present day.

Historians have heralded the Treaty of Washington for settling the Alabama Claims dispute between Britain and the United States by International Arbitration.

Those who report a false claim against the federal government, and suffer adverse employment actions as a result, may have up to six years ( depending on state law ) to file a civil suit for remedies under the US False Claims Act ( FCA ).

Claims, arguments, or philosophical principles logically equivalent to the Novikov self-consistency principle have been published before Novikov's own publication.

Claims of Toltec ancestry and a ruling dynasty founded by Quetzalcoatl have been made by such diverse civilizations as the Aztec, the Quiché and the Itza ' Mayas.

Claims have been made that factors in Calvi's death were the Vatican Bank, Banco Ambrosiano's main shareholder ; the Mafia, which may have used Banco Ambrosiano for money laundering ; and the Propaganda Due or P2 clandestine Masonic Lodge.

Claims have been made that the MMR vaccine is linked to autism and inflammatory bowel disease, including one study by Andrew Wakefield ( the paper was discredited and retracted in 2010 and Wakefield was later stripped of his license after his work was found to be an " elaborate fraud " ) that indicated a link between gastrointestinal disease, autism, and the MMR vaccine.

Claims of extending this practice also to the federal level have an undisputed constitutional basis in the Article 20, being the general and unchangeable article on state structure.

Claims about the drink's effects and performance have been challenged on various occasions, with the UK's Advertising Standards Authority imposing advertising restrictions in 2001 in response to complaints first recorded as early as 1997.

There currently are thirteen United States courts of appeals, although there are other tribunals ( such as the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, which hears appeals in court-martial cases, and the United States Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, which reviews final decisions by the Board of Veterans ' Appeals in the Department of Veterans Affairs ) that have " Court of Appeals " in their titles.

Claims have been made for an Armenian, Slavic, or indeed " Armeno-Slavonic " origin for Basil I.

Claims of a " Treaty of Waitangi Grievance Industry ", which profits from making frivolous claims of violations of the Treaty of Waitangi, have been made by a number of political figures, including former National Party leader Don Brash in his 2004 " Orewa Speech ".

Claims that seem to contradict modern beliefs have inspired some to question the book's " autobiographical " character.

His father was originally a farm-hand and forestry worker who rose to become a forestry manager and stock agent at Halla Ltd. Claims made that Kekkonen's family had lived in a rudimentary farmhouse with no chimney were later proved to be false — a photograph of Kekkonen's childhood home had been retouched to remove the chimney.

Although the Treaty has never been incorporated into New Zealand municipal law, its provisions were first incorporated into legislation as early as the Land Claims Ordinance 1841 and the Native Rights Act 1865.

In 2005, after the cocoa industry had not met the Harkin-Engel Protocol deadline for certifying the worst forms of child labor ( according to the International Labor Organization's Convention 182 ) had been eliminated from cocoa production, the International Labor Rights Fund filed a lawsuit in 2005 under the Alien Tort Claims Act against Nestle and others on behalf of three Malian children.

Claims have been made that it is the most abundant and best studied bird in North America.

Claims of specimens measuring or more have not been scientifically documented.

Claims of short-lived lunar phenomena go back at least 1, 000 years, with some having been observed independently by multiple witnesses or reputable scientists.

Claims that earlier Ediacaran fossils are brown algae have since been dismissed.

Claims have been made for human presence in the 20, 000-30, 000 BP timeframe at Pennsylvania's Meadowcroft Rock Shelter and in California's Yuha Desert as well as sites in South America, Central America, and Mesoamerica.

Claims are often made by malted milk drinks such as Horlicks that they assist sleep, but these claims have been difficult to verify.

Claims made that Ms. Lana Lou Lane ( deceased ) was the secretary and ( first cousin ) Mr. Pete Strickland president both ( deceased ) claim to never have been apart of the ABBA club, as contested by William Herb Strickland's statement ( Pete Strickland's brother ), and Ms. Vivian Lane mother of Lana Lou Lane, signed and notarized http :// www. alapahabulldog. com / breedinformation. htm.

Claims have been made that traffic on the Teme began in Roman times and ' continued in Norman times, when it is known the stone for the mill at Ashford Carbonel was brought from Caen in the 14th century, using water transport all the way '.

Claims made by environmentalists may be perceived as veiled attacks on industry and globalization rather than legitimate environmental concerns.

Germany then initially paid about 3 billion Mark to Israel and about 450 million to the Claims Conference, although payments continued after that, as new claims were made.

A centuries-old tradition of legal scholarship has made the Netherlands the home of the International Court of Justice ; the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal ; the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ; the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda ; and the International Criminal Court ( ICC ).

Claims about his origin are made by many ethnic groups.

Claims are often made regarding the theological significance of the arabesque, and its origin in a specifically Islamic view of the world ; however these are without support from written historical sources as, like most medieval cultures, the Islamic world has not left us documentation of their intentions in using the decorative motifs they did.

Claims are sometimes made that the monument was misplaced in the initial surveys.

Claims were made on " Bottineau Prairie " and it wasn't long before other brave and adventurous men came to the area.

Claims were made that he was born in May 1452, or 10 or 20 July 1451.

Claims are made that researchers bring pre-existing opinions on issues concerning human sociality to their studies, and then seek evidence that agrees with their worldview or otherwise furthers a sociopolitical agenda.

Bob Woffinden, a journalist who specialises in miscarriages of justice has stated " Claims of responsibility are made by groups such as the IRA or ETA.

Claims of success are made by both sides, but they are impossible to verify.