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.
Sedan is the county seat of and the largest city in Chautauqua County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,342 at the 2000 census, and it was estimated to be 1,222 in the year 2006.