The Idaho Court of Appeals is the intermediate-level
appellate court
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for the
state
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of
Idaho
Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyom ...
. The court was created by statute by the
Idaho Legislature
The Idaho Legislature consists of the upper Idaho Senate and the lower Idaho House of Representatives. Idaho is divided into 35 legislative districts, which each elect one senator and two representatives. There are no term limits for either cha ...
and began operations in 1982.
Jurisdiction
The Court of Appeals hears cases assigned to it by the
Idaho Supreme Court
The Idaho Supreme Court is the state supreme court of Idaho and is composed of the chief justice and four associate justices.
The decisions of the Idaho Supreme Court are binding on all other Idaho state courts. The only court that may reverse ...
. The only exceptions to this jurisdiction are
capital murder convictions and appeals from the
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
The Idaho Public Utilities Commission is a public utilities commission, a quasi-judicial tribunal, which regulates investor-owned or privately owned utilities that provide gas, water, electricity, or telephone service for profit in the U.S. state ...
and the
Idaho Industrial Commission (which administers the state's
workers' compensation
Workers' compensation or workers' comp is a form of insurance providing wage replacement and medical benefits to employees injured in the course of employment in exchange for mandatory relinquishment of the employee's right to sue his or her emp ...
laws), which must be heard by the Supreme Court.
Idaho Code § 1-2406
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Judges
The Court of Appeals includes four judges. Cases are heard by three-judge panels.
Succession of seats
References
External links
from the Idaho State Judiciary website
Idaho state courts
State appellate courts of the United States
1982 establishments in Idaho
Courts and tribunals established in 1982
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