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.
Williamstown is a borough in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, 38 miles (63 km) northeast of Harrisburg. Formerly, Anthracite coal mines were here, as well as hosiery mills. In 1900, 2,904 people lived here, and 2,934 lived here in 1910. The population was 1,433 at the 2000 census. Williamstown is part of the Harrisburg–Carlisle Metropolitan Statistical Area.