List of state intermediate appellate courts


41 of the 50 states have an intermediate appellate court, and nine 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 Appeals31980
Arizona Court of Appeals221965
Arkansas Court of Appeals121978
California Courts of Appeal1051905
Colorado Court of Appeals221891
Connecticut Appellate Court101982
Florida District Courts of Appeal581957
Georgia Court of Appeals121906
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals6-
Idaho Court of Appeals4-
Illinois Appellate Court54-
Indiana Court of Appeals151891
Iowa Court of Appeals9-
Kansas Court of Appeals121977
Kentucky Court of Appeals14-
Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal54-
Maryland Court of Special Appeals131966
Massachusetts Appeals Court251972
Michigan Court of Appeals281963
Minnesota Court of Appeals191983
Mississippi Court of Appeals91995
Missouri Court of Appeals31-
Nebraska Court of Appeals61991
Nevada Court of Appeals32014
New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division35-
New Mexico Court of Appeals10-
New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division60-
North Carolina Court of Appeals151967
North Dakota Court of Appeals31987
Ohio District Courts of Appeal68-
Oklahoma Court of Civil Appeals12-
Oregon Court of Appeals10-
Pennsylvania Superior Court151895
Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court91968
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 Appeals111985
Washington Court of Appeals22-
Wisconsin Courts of Appeal161978
Total:947-