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.
Schoenchen is a city in Ellis County, Kansas, United States. The population was 214 at the 2000 census. Schoenchen is one of several small towns in the area that was established by Volga German immigrants to Kansas. Schoenchen is primarily populated by descendants of the original German-speaking immigrants, and many local residents still speak English with a German accent.