Practicing in the Appellate Courts is for the purpose of reviewing trial court judgments to correct of errors committed by the trial court, development of the law, achieve a uniform approach across courts, and the pursuit of justice, more generally. Appellate courts are not a forum to make a new case, but instead they determine if the rulings and judgment of the court below were made correctly.
Fairview Heights is a city in St. Clair County, Illinois, United States. The population was 15,034 at the 2000 census. Fairview Heights is a dominant shopping center for Southwestern Illinois, with a large number of businesses.