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.
Oelwein is a city in Fayette County, Iowa, United States. The population was 6,692 at the 2000 census. The largest community in Fayette County, it is located at the junction of State Highways 3 and 150.