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.
Burdick (also Linsdale) is an unincorporated community in southwestern Morris County, Kansas, United States. It lies along local roads south-southwest of the city of Council Grove, the county seat of Morris County. Its elevation is 1,453 feet (443 m), and it is located at 38°33′49″N 96°50′44″W / 38.56361°N 96.84556°W / 38.56361; -96.84556 (38.5636222, -96.8455682). Although Burdick is unincorporated, it has a post office, with the ZIP code of 66838.