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.
Rensselaer is a city located along the Iroquois River in Marion Township, Jasper County, Indiana, United States. The population was 8,294 at the 2000 census. The city is the county seat of Jasper County. Rensselaer is home to Saint Joseph's College of Indiana.