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ABA Family Legal Guide
How the Legal System Works
The Civil Trial: Step by Step
Procedures After Trial
- If the plaintiff wins, what happens next?
- What options does the losing party have?
- How does a party appeal?
- How do appeals work?
- What is oral argument?
- Must an appellate court reach a unanimous decision?
- What recourse is there for the party who loses at the intermediate appellate level?
- How does the U.S. Supreme Court decide whether to hear a case?
- What is the effect of granting a request for review?
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