If the title of an appellate court case appears as jones v. smith,
select one:
a. you cannot determine which party is the plaintiff, because when a defendant loses a trial and files an appeal, some courts (but not all) reverse the names of the parties.
b. it means that smith won the trial court decision.
c. then it is correct to say that jones is the plaintiff and smith is the defendant.
d. the trial judge was jones and the appellate judge is smith.

a. you cannot determine which party is the plaintiff because when a defendant loses a trial and files an appeal, some courts (but not all) reverse the names of the parties.

Explanation: An appellate court is a court of law that is empowered to hear an appeal of a trial court or other lower tribunal. The court of system is divided into three levels: the trial court, one intermediate appellate court, and a supreme court. The authority of appellate courts varies from one jurisdiction to another when reviewing the decisions of lower courts.

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