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.
Barbourville is a city in Knox County, Kentucky, United States. The population was 3,589 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Knox County. Barbourville is home to Union College and the Appalachian Children's Home.