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The '''Indiana Court of Appeals''' is the intermediate-level [[appellate court]] for the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Indiana]]. It is the successor to the '''Indiana Appellate Court'''.

==History==
The Indiana Appellate Court was created by the [[Indiana General Assembly]] by [[statute]] in 1891. It was originally created to be a temporary appellate court to handle overflow cases from the [[Indiana Supreme Court]]. The Appellate Court was not intended to be a permanent institution; the original statute specified that it would only exist for six years. But in 1897, the General Assembly voted to keep the court for another four years (due to the Supreme Court's increasing caseload), and then voted to make it permanent in 1901. It was at this point that the court began its function as an intermediate appellate court.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Appellate Courts: Indiana Court of Appeals|url=https://www.in.gov/judiciary/2667.htm|access-date=2020-08-26|website=State of Indiana|archive-date=September 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925150815/https://www.in.gov/judiciary/2667.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 1970, the [[Constitution of Indiana]] was amended to create the current Indiana Court of Appeals.  The court began hearing cases on January 1, 1972.<ref name=":0" />

==Jurisdiction==
The Court of Appeals hears appeals from the Indiana trial courts, including some [[interlocutory appeal]]s.  It also handles appeals from some state [[Government agency|government agencies]], such as the Worker's Compensation Board, Department of Workforce Development, and Utility Regulatory Commission.  Though the Court of Appeals judges represent different districts within Indiana, each panel of judges has statewide jurisdiction.<ref name=":0" />

==Judges==
The court was originally created with nine judges: one three-judge panel for each of three districts.  The court was later expanded to fifteen judges (five districts, each with one three judge panel).<ref name=":0" />

=== Sitting judges ===
Names in bold are the presiding judges of their district, while italic font is used to designate the court's chief judge.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Judges of the Court of Appeals|url=http://www.in.gov/judiciary/appeals/2335.htm|access-date=2017-07-30|website=State of Indiana}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! District
! Name
! Joined
! Term ends{{efn|Term ends Dec. 31 of the year listed.}}
! Appointed by
! College
! Law school

|-
| rowspan=3 | 1st
| {{sortname|Peter R.|Foley}}
| {{dts|2022|10|11}}
| {{dts|2034}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| [[Indiana University Bloomington|Indiana]]
| [[Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law|IUPUI]]

|-
| {{sortname|L. Mark|Bailey}}
| {{dts|1998|01|30}}
| {{dts|2030}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Frank O'Bannon]] (D)
| [[University of Indianapolis|Indianapolis]]
| IUPUI

|-
| '''{{sortname|Leanna K.|Weissmann}}'''
| {{dts|2020|09|14}}
| {{dts|2032}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| Indiana
| IUPUI

|-
| rowspan=3 | 2nd
| '''''{{sortname|Robert R.|Altice, Jr.}}'''''
| {{dts|2015|09|02}}
| {{dts|2028}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Mike Pence]] (R)
| [[Miami University|Miami]]
| [[University of Missouri–Kansas City School of Law|Missouri–Kansas City]]

|-
| {{sortname|Cale J.|Bradford}}
| {{dts|2007|08|01}}
| {{dts|2030}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Mitch Daniels]] (R)
| Indiana
| IUPUI

|-
| {{sortname|Dana J.|Kenworthy}}
| {{dts|2023|01|16}}
| {{dts|2026}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| [[Ball State University|Ball State]]
| IUPUI

|-
| rowspan=3 | 3rd
| {{sortname|Elizabeth F.|Tavitas}}
| {{dts|2018|08|06}}
| {{dts|2030}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| [[University of Notre Dame|Notre Dame]]
| [[Notre Dame Law School|Notre Dame]]

|-
| '''{{sortname|Paul D.|Mathias}}'''
| {{dts|2000|03|30}}
| {{dts|2032}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Frank O'Bannon]] (D)
| [[Harvard College|Harvard]]
| [[Indiana University Maurer School of Law|Indiana]]

|-
| {{sortname|Stephen E.|Scheele}}
| {{dts|2025|01|08}}
| {{dts|2028}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| [[University of Denver|Denver]]
| Indiana

|-
| rowspan=3 | 4th
| {{sortname|Rudolph R.|Pyle III}}
| {{dts|2012|08|27}}
| {{dts|2034}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Mitch Daniels]] (R)
| [[Anderson University (Indiana)|Anderson]]
| Indiana

|-
| '''{{sortname|Melissa S.|May}}'''
| {{dts|1998|04|09}}
| {{dts|2030}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Frank O'Bannon]] (D)
| [[Indiana University South Bend|IU South Bend]]
| IUPUI

|-
| {{sortname|Mary A.|DeBoer}}
| {{dts|2024|10|15}}
| {{dts|2026}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| [[Western Michigan University|Western Michigan]]
| [[Valparaiso University School of Law|Valparaiso]]

|-
| rowspan=3 | 5th
| {{sortname|Nancy H.|Vaidik}}
| {{dts|2000|02|07}}
| {{dts|2032}}
| {{Party shading/Democratic}} | [[Frank O'Bannon]] (D)
| [[Valparaiso University|Valparaiso]]
| [[Valparaiso University School of Law|Valparaiso]]

|-
| '''{{sortname|Elaine B.|Brown}}'''
| {{dts|2008|05|05}}
| {{dts|2030}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Mitch Daniels]] (R)
| Indiana
| Indiana

|-
| {{sortname|Paul A.|Felix}}
| {{dts|2023|07|28}}
| {{dts|2026}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}} | [[Eric Holcomb]] (R)
| Indiana
| Indiana

|}

{{Notelist}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Indiana}}
*[[Indiana Supreme Court]]
*[[Government of Indiana]]
*[[Courts of Indiana]]

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.in.gov/judiciary/appeals/ Court of Appeals of Indiana]

{{Indiana government}}
{{State Intermediate Appellate Courts}}

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