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.
Little Cedar is an unincorporated community in central Mitchell County, Iowa, United States. It lies along local roads northeast of the city of Osage, the county seat of Mitchell County. Its elevation is 1,194 feet (364 m), and it is located at 43°22′49″N 92°42′33″W / 43.38028°N 92.70917°W / 43.38028; -92.70917 (43.3802478, -92.7257437). Although Little Cedar is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 50454.