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{{short description|Intermediate appellate court of Idaho}}
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The '''Idaho Court of Appeals''' is the intermediate-level [[appellate court]] for the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Idaho]]; created by statute by the [[Idaho Legislature|state legislature]], operations began in 1982.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title1/T1CH24.htm |title=Idaho Code, Title 1, Chapter 24 |access-date=2009-02-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419115113/http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title1/T1CH24.htm |archive-date=2009-04-19 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title1/T1CH24SECT1-2404.htm |title=Idaho Code § 1-2404 |access-date=2009-02-19 |archive-date=2009-10-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091001075738/http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title1/T1CH24SECT1-2404.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref> The court is housed in the [[Idaho Supreme Court]] building in [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]].

==Jurisdiction==
The Court of Appeals hears cases assigned to it by the [[Idaho Supreme Court]]. The only exceptions to this jurisdiction are [[Capital punishment in Idaho|capital murder convictions]] and appeals from the state's [[Idaho Public Utilities Commission|public utilities commission]] and [[Idaho Industrial Commission|industrial commission]] (which administers the state's [[workers' compensation]] laws),<ref>[http://www.iic.idaho.gov/ Homepage of the Idaho Industrial Commission]</ref> which must be heard by the state supreme court.<ref>[http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/idstat/Title1/T1CH24SECT1-2406.htm Idaho Code § 1-2406]</ref>

==Judges==
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="margin:auto; width:100%;"
! class = "unsortable" | Position
! Name
! Appt. by
! Took office / Length of service
! Term expires
! class = "unsortable" | Prior position
! class = "unsortable" | Law school
|-
| align="center" | '''[[Chief judge (United States)|Chief Judge]]'''
| align="center" | David Gratton
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|{{center|{{Sortname|Butch|Otter}}}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | {{center|{{dts|2009|1|5}}<br />{{age in years and months|2009|1|5}}}}
| {{center|{{dts|2025|1|}}}}
| Private practice at Evans Keane (1987–2009)
| [[University of Idaho College of Law|University of Idaho]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Associate Judge'''
| align="center" | {{Sortname|Molly|Huskey}}
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|{{center|{{Sortname|Butch|Otter}}}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | {{center|{{dts|2015|7|2}}<br />{{age in years and months|2015|7|2}}}}
| {{center|{{dts|2029|1}}}}
| District Judge in [[Canyon County, Idaho|Canyon County]], Idaho 3rd Judicial District (2011–15)
| University of Idaho
|-
| align="center" | '''Associate Judge'''
| align="center" | Jessica Lorello
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|{{center|{{Sortname|Butch|Otter}}}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | {{center|{{dts|2017|10|3}}<br />{{age in years and months|2017|10|3}}}}
| {{center|{{dts|2025|1|}}}}
| Appellate Unit in the Criminal Division at the Idaho Attorney General's Office (2004–17)
| [[University of North Carolina School of Law|University of North Carolina]]
|-
| align="center" | '''Associate Judge'''
| align="center" | Michael Tribe
| {{Party shading/Republican}}|{{center|{{Sortname|Brad|Little}}}}
| style="white-space:nowrap;" | {{center|{{dts|2024|1|23}}<br />{{age in years and months|2024|1|23}}}}
| {{center|{{dts|2027|1|}}}}
| District Judge in [[Cassia County, Idaho|Cassia County]], Idaho 5th Judicial District (2017–24)
| University of Idaho
|}

==Succession of seats==
{| class=wikitable
|+ '''Seat 1'''
|+ Established in 1980
|-
! Name
! Term
|-
| [[Jesse Walters]]
| 1982–1997
|-
| Alan Schwartzman
| 1997–2002
|-
| Sergio Gutierrez
| 2002–2018
|-
| [[Amanda Brailsford]]
| 2019–2023
|-
| Michael Tribe
| 2024–present
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+ '''Seat 2'''
|+ Established in 1980
|-
! Name
! Term
|-
| Donald Burnett
| 1982–1990
|-
| [[Cathy Silak]]
| 1990–1993
|-
| Karen Lansing
| 1993–2015
|-
| Molly Huskey
| 2015–present
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+ '''Seat 3'''
|+ Established in 1980
|-
! Name
! Term
|-
| Roger Swanstrom
| 1982–1993
|-
| Darrel Perry
| 1993–2009
|-
| John Melanson
| 2009–2017
|-
| Jessica Lorello
| 2017–present
|}

{| class=wikitable
|+ '''Seat 4'''
|+ Established in 2008
|-
! Name
! Term
|-
| David Gratton
| 2009–present
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090227071014/http://www.isc.idaho.gov/mguide/judicial_structure.html Guide to Idaho's judicial structure] from the Idaho State Judiciary website

{{State Intermediate Appellate Courts}}

[[Category:Idaho state courts]]
[[Category:State appellate courts of the United States]]
[[Category:1982 establishments in Idaho]]
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