Tennessee Court of Appeals

Tennessee Court of Appeals
Established	1925
Country	Tennessee, United States
Location	Knoxville, Nashville, and Jackson
Composition method	Executive selection plus Non-partisan retention see Tennessee Plan
Authorized by	Tennessee General Assembly
Decisions are appealed to	Tennessee Supreme Court
Number of positions	12 - panels of 3 justices
Website	http://www.tncourts.gov/courts/court-appeals

The Tennessee Court of Appeals was created in 1925 by the Tennessee General Assembly as an intermediate appellate court to hear appeals in civil cases from the Tennessee state trial courts.

(Appeals from criminal cases are heard by the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals.) Appeals of judgments made by the Court of Appeals may be made to the Tennessee Supreme Court.

The Court has twelve judges who sit on three-judge panels in Jackson, Knoxville, and Nashville. Judges are chosen via the Tennessee Plan: they are elected every eight years, and must be evaluated prior to the election in order to keep voters informed. If a vacancy occurs between election cycles (for example, if a judge dies or retires), the 17-member Tennessee Judicial Selection Commission interviews applicants and recommends three candidates to the governor. The governor then appoints a new judge to serve in the interim period until the next August general election.

The twelve judges sitting on the Court as of May 2015^[update] are:

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