In United States appellate procedure, an appeal is a petition for review of a case that has been decided by a court of law.

In cases where a judge rather than a jury decided issues of fact, an appellate court will apply an " abuse of discretion " standard of review.

The Imam Hasan Ali Shah's mother decided to go to the Qajar court in Tehran to obtain justice for her husband's death and was eventually successful.

( The court decided that Horch was a registered trademark on behalf of August Horch's former partners and August Horch was not entitled to use it any more ).

Kirk for going into the domain of the Unseelie court, where he had been warned not to go, and decided to imprison him in Doon Hill — for one night in May 1692, the Rev.

In Cadillac Motor Car Co. v. Johnson, ( decided in 1915 by the federal appeals court for New York and several neighboring states ), the court held that a car owner could not recover for injuries from a defective wheel, when the automobile owner had a contract only with the automobile dealer and not with the manufacturer, even though there was " no question that the wheel was made of dead and ‘ dozy ‘ wood, quite insufficient for its purposes.

In favor of the supposition that Eusebius changed his opinion from deference to the Count of Anjou, the decided opponent of Berengar and his doctrine, it can be adduced that he did not defend Berengar against the hostilities of the court, and that for a long time he sided with this violent prince.

The court decided in favor of Fust, giving him control over the Bible printing workshop and half of all printed Bibles.

" Judicial economy " most commonly refers to the refusal of a court to decide one or more claims raised in a case, on the grounds that it has decided other claims in the case and that its decision on those claims should satisfy the parties.

When rumours reached the court that they were also planning to impeach the Queen for alleged involvement in Catholic plots Charles decided to arrest them for treason.

He decided to offer a lily of the valley each year to the ladies of the court.

765 in which the court decided that a crime committed under some delusion would only be excused if it would have been excusable had the delusion been true.

Eventually the neighbouring Saxons decided that Wermund was too weak to resist their requests for him to surrender his kingdom, and they sent their emissaries to Wermund's court.

# The position in the court hierarchy of the court which decided the precedent, relative to the position in the court trying the current case.

That is, the issue being judged was already decided by a higher court.

# Once the applicable law is decided, that law must be proved before the forum court and applied to reach a judgment.

By one of Athalaric's own additions to the decree, it was decided that if a disputed election was carried before the Gothic officials of Ravenna by the Roman clergy and people, three thousand solidi would have to be paid into court.

By stating what claims and defenses are at issue, pleadings establish the issues to be decided by the court.

The Commonwealth consisted of a number of clans run by chieftains, and the Althing was a combination of parliament and supreme court where disputes appealed from lower courts were settled, laws were decided, and decisions of national importance were taken.

In 1998, Bordeaux's appeal court decided that Sergio Tornaghi could not be extradited to Italy, on the grounds that Italian procedure would not let him be judged again, after a trial during his absence.

* Recourse against administrative acts of ordinaries and dicasteries ( including some penal cases decided without using a court ),

A specific institution characteristic to Socialist law was the so-called burlaw court ( or, verbally, " court of comrades ", Russian товарищеский суд ) which decided on minor offences.

Wexler admitted in earlier court hearings that he issued grand jury subpenas to about 200 persons involved in the election investigation, questioned the individuals in the Criminal courts building, but did not take them before the grand jury.

Each team had seven members – one judge, two members each from the district court and the local government election authorities and two witnesses each representing the plaintiff ( Pan-Blue Coalition ) and the defendant ( Pan-Green Coalition ).

The nobles, along with the bishops, formed the haute cour ( high court ), which was responsible for confirming the election of a new king ( or a regent if necessary ), collecting taxes, minting coins, allotting money to the king, and raising armies.

The papal election of 1061, which Hildebrand had arranged in conformity with the papal decree of 1059 ( see Pope Nicholas II ), was not sanctioned by the imperial court of Germany.

* Retention election, in the United States court system, a process whereby a judge is periodically subject to a vote in order to remain in the position of judge

The court will issue such an order only if it is satisfied that a vote has been fraudulently cast and the result of the election may be affected as a result.

Three Texas voters challenged the election in a federal court in Dallas and then appealed the decision to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, where it was dismissed.

For example, in Caperton v. A. T. Massey Coal Co. ( 2009 ), the Court ruled that a justice of the Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia had to recuse himself from a case involving a major contributor to his campaign for election to that court.

The Eastern Roman Emperor Leo I had not recognised Olybrius, and also did not recognise Glycerius, as his election had not been ratified by the Eastern court, and it was suspected that he was a puppet of Gundobad.

In Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, on Jan, 2010, the US Supreme court ruled that corporations and unions can not constitutionally be prohibited from promoting the election of one candidate over another candidate.

In 1977, a federal district court ruled in favor of Curtis Holt Jr. who had claimed the councils existing election process — an at large voting system — was racially biased.

Many states have rules that permit certain cases such a death penalty cases and election cases directly to the state supreme court, even though most civil cases must be appealled first to an intermediate appellate court.

The clerk of the circuit court is also elected in a partisan election and serves a six-year term.

Soon after the district court decision, election outcomes and the political climate in Topeka changed.

Dominated by fundamentalist religious figures, it has tried to ban a candidate in the 2004 presidential election for questioning polygamy laws, and limited the rights of women, as well as overstepped its constitutional authority by issuing rulings on subjects not yet brought before the court.

Hildebrand, later Pope Gregory VII ( 1073 – 85 ), had been sent by the late Pope Stephen IX ( 1057 – 58 ) to the court of Empress Agnes ( mother and regent for Emperor Henry IV, then a minor ), who had questioned the validity of Stephen IX's election.

Despite this, the approval of the Eastern court to Majorian's election came late, as the new Emperor was actually crowned only on December 28.

After the election results became known in August, his departure to Texas was delayed by a court appearance in the last week of October as co-executor of his deceased father-in-law ’ s estate, and he finally left his home near Rutherford in West Tennessee on Nov. 1, 1835, with three other men to explore Texas.

Though defeated on election day, the matter went to court, which led to the creation of the present-day Renville County in 1910.

The court also ruled the pre-marked ballots were invalid, but that the number of invalid votes was not sufficient to overturn the election results.

An election court found that the voters were fully aware that Benn was disqualified, and declared the seat won by the Conservative runner-up, Malcolm St Clair, who was at the time also the heir presumptive to a peerage.

By December 8, 2000, there had been multiple court decisions regarding the presidential election in Florida and on that date the Florida Supreme Court, by a 4-3 vote, ordered a statewide manual recount.

The petition was approved by the City Council of Little Rock, and the county court ordered that an election be held to determine the will of the voters of both Little Rock and Cammack Village in regards to annexation.