List of state intermediate appellate courts


42 of the 50 states have an intermediate appellate court, and eight do not.
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

CourtNumber of judgesEstablished
Alabama Court of Civil Appeals51969
Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals51969
Alaska Court of Appeals41980
Arizona Court of Appeals221965
Arkansas Court of Appeals121978
California Courts of Appeal1051905
Colorado Court of Appeals221891
Connecticut Appellate Court101982
Florida District Courts of Appeal711957
Georgia Court of Appeals121906
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals61979
Idaho Court of Appeals41982
Illinois Appellate Court541877
Indiana Court of Appeals151891
Iowa Court of Appeals91976
Kansas Court of Appeals121977
Kentucky Court of Appeals141975
Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal541879
Maryland Appellate Court131966
Massachusetts Appeals Court251972
Michigan Court of Appeals281963
Minnesota Court of Appeals191983
Mississippi Court of Appeals91995
Missouri Court of Appeals321972
Nebraska Court of Appeals61991
Nevada Court of Appeals32014
New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division321947
New Mexico Court of Appeals101965
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division601896
North Carolina Court of Appeals151967
North Dakota Court of Appeals31987
Ohio District Courts of Appeal681912
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals121970
Oregon Court of Appeals131969
Pennsylvania Superior Court151895
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court91968
Puerto Rico Court of Appeals391992
South Carolina Court of Appeals91983
Tennessee Court of Appeals121925
Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals121925
Texas Court of Appeals801891
Utah Court of Appeals71987
Virginia Court of Appeals171985
Washington Court of Appeals221969
West Virginia Intermediate Court of Appeals32021
Wisconsin Courts of Appeal161978