Automatic appellate rights make appeals courts primarily error-correcting bodies.

Evidence

Every litigant in federal court has a right to one appeal. As a result, courts of appeals primarily engage in error correction, overseeing the work of the district courts in cases that are of interest only to the immediate parties. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 288

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Appellate courts must accept a fact-finder’s findings even when wrong — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 388; Trial and appellate courts perform distinct functions regarding facts versus legal correctness — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 218; The Court chooses cases to set national legal principles rather than correct lower-court errors. — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 299 (+3 more)

Broader Connections

• Trial and appellate courts perform distinct functions regarding facts versus legal correctness #corroborates (0.82) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 218
• The Court chooses cases to set national legal principles rather than correct lower-court errors. #complicates (0.79) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 299
• Appellate courts vary in how much discretion they exercise over which cases to hear. #qualifies (0.75) — G. Alan Tarr, Judicial Process and Judicial…, 1462
• Appellate courts must accept a fact-finder’s findings even when wrong #qualifies (0.72) — Frederick Schauer, Thinking Like a Lawyer, 388