List of state intermediate appellate courts

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.[citation needed]

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

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Court  | Number of judges  | Established

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Alabama Court of Civil Appeals | 5  | 1969[1]
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals | 5  | 1969[1]
Alaska Court of Appeals | 4  | 1980
Arizona Court of Appeals | 22  | 1965[2]
Arkansas Court of Appeals | 12  | 1978
California Courts of Appeal | 105  | 1905
Colorado Court of Appeals | 22  | 1891[3]
Connecticut Appellate Court | 10  | 1982
Florida District Courts of Appeal | 71  | 1957
Georgia Court of Appeals | 12  | 1906
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals | 6  | 1979
Idaho Court of Appeals | 4  | 1982
Illinois Appellate Court | 54  | 1877
Indiana Court of Appeals | 15  | 1891
Iowa Court of Appeals | 9  | 1976[4]
Kansas Court of Appeals | 12  | 1977
Kentucky Court of Appeals | 14  | 1975[5]
Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal | 54  | 1879[6]
Maryland Appellate Court | 13  | 1966
Massachusetts Appeals Court | 25  | 1972
Michigan Court of Appeals | 28  | 1963
Minnesota Court of Appeals | 19  | 1983
Mississippi Court of Appeals | 9  | 1995
Missouri Court of Appeals | 32  | 1972[7]
Nebraska Court of Appeals | 6  | 1991
Nevada Court of Appeals | 3  | 2014
New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division | 32  | 1947
New Mexico Court of Appeals | 10  | 1965
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division | 60  | 1896
North Carolina Court of Appeals | 15  | 1967
North Dakota Court of Appeals | 3  | 1987
Ohio District Courts of Appeal | 68  | 1912[8]
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals | 12  | 1970
Oregon Court of Appeals | 13  | 1969[9]
Pennsylvania Superior Court | 15  | 1895
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court | 9  | 1968
Puerto Rico Court of Appeals | 39  | 1992
South Carolina Court of Appeals | 9  | 1983
Tennessee Court of Appeals | 12  | 1925
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals | 12  | 1925
Texas Court of Appeals | 80  | 1891
Utah Court of Appeals | 7  | 1987
Virginia Court of Appeals | 17  | 1985
Washington Court of Appeals | 22  | 1969[10]
West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals | 3  | 2021
Wisconsin Courts of Appeal | 16  | 1978

## References

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1. ^ a b Alabama Judicial Department (1991). "A History of the Alabama Judicial System" (PDF). Alabama Judicial Department. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 20, 2010.
2. ^ "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. (February 22, 2012). "History of the Iowa Court of Appeals" (PDF). 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. ^ "History". www.la-fcca.org. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
7. ^ "History of Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District". www.courts.mo.gov. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
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. ^ Oregon Judicial Department. "Oregon Court of Appeals". www.courts.oregon.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2021.
10. ^ Washington State Court of Appeals (2019). "Celebrate 50". www.courts.wa.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2021.

## External links

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* 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

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State intermediate appellate courts in the United States

* Alabama
* Civil
* Criminal
* Alaska
* Arizona
* Arkansas
* California
* Colorado
* Connecticut
* Florida
* Georgia
* Hawaii
* Idaho
* Illinois
* Indiana
* Iowa
* Kansas
* Kentucky
* Louisiana
* Maryland
* Massachusetts
* Michigan
* Minnesota
* Mississippi
* Missouri
* Nebraska
* Nevada
* New Jersey
* New Mexico
* New York
* North Carolina
* Ohio
* Oklahoma
* Oregon
* Pennsylvania
* Commonwealth
* Superior
* South Carolina
* Tennessee
* Civil
* Criminal
* Texas
* Utah
* Virginia
* Washington
* West Virginia
* Wisconsin

* Puerto Rico

The states of Delaware, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming do not have intermediate appellate courts.
Nor do the equivalent court systems of American Samoa, the District of Columbia, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the U.S. Virgin Islands
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