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Pennsylvania Superior Court Appeals Toolkit
Practical Law Toolkit w-038-9012 (Approx. 4 pages)
Pennsylvania Superior Court Appeals Toolkit
by Practical Law Litigation
| Maintained • Pennsylvania |
A Toolkit of links to resources to assist attorneys litigating a civil appeal from a Pennsylvania court of common pleas to the Pennsylvania Superior Court. Specifically, this Toolkit includes links to resources that provide guidance on initiating an appeal or cross appeal and explain how to prepare, file, and serve the briefs and reproduced record. The resources linked in this Toolkit also address transmitting the record, presenting oral argument, post-argument procedure, the decision, and post-decision proceedings.
An aggrieved party to a civil action in a Pennsylvania court of common pleas (a trial court of general jurisdiction) may appeal to the Pennsylvania Superior Court from a final order or judgment within its statutory jurisdiction. The Superior Court may also hear appeals of some non-final orders (interlocutory appeals).
On appeal, the parties focus on properly commencing the appeal, transmitting the record, preparing and submitting written briefs and a reproduced record, and in many appeals, presenting oral argument.
This Toolkit includes links to resources to help counsel determine whether to appeal, understand how to commence the appeal, transmit the record, prepare and submit the briefs and reproduced record, and pursue the appeal through the argument, post-argument, decision, and post-decision stages.