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.
Sumner is a city in northern Pierce County, Washington, United States. The population was 8,504 at the 2000 census. Nearby cities include Puyallup to the west, Auburn to the north, and Enumclaw to the east.