Michigan Court of Appeals
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The Michigan Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts across Michigan.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Michigan Court of Appeals canonical | 21 |
| Mich. App. | 1 |
| Michigan Court of Appeals – Court of Claims division | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T783804 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Court of Appeals Context triple: [Lansing, Michigan, hosts, Michigan Court of Appeals]
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A.
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the U.S. state of Michigan, responsible for interpreting state law and overseeing the state’s judicial system.
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B.
Indiana Court of Appeals
The Indiana Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Indiana’s judiciary, responsible for reviewing decisions from the state’s trial courts.
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C.
Indiana Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Indiana, responsible for interpreting state law and overseeing the administration of the state’s judicial system.
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D.
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western portion of the state of Michigan.
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E.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Michigan, including the Detroit metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Michigan Court of Appeals Target entity description: The Michigan Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts across Michigan.
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A.
Michigan Supreme Court
The Michigan Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the U.S. state of Michigan, responsible for interpreting state law and overseeing the state’s judicial system.
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B.
Indiana Court of Appeals
The Indiana Court of Appeals is the intermediate appellate court in Indiana’s judiciary, responsible for reviewing decisions from the state’s trial courts.
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C.
Indiana Supreme Court
The Indiana Supreme Court is the highest appellate court in the state of Indiana, responsible for interpreting state law and overseeing the administration of the state’s judicial system.
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D.
United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan
The United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over federal civil and criminal cases arising in the western portion of the state of Michigan.
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E.
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan is a federal trial court with jurisdiction over civil and criminal cases arising in the eastern region of Michigan, including the Detroit metropolitan area.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
intermediate appellate court
ⓘ
state court ⓘ |
| allows |
appeals by right in specified cases
ⓘ
applications for leave to appeal ⓘ |
| appealTo | Michigan Supreme Court ⓘ |
| appliesToJurisdiction |
State of Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan
|
| citationAbbreviation |
Mich. App.
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan Court of Appeals
|
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| courtType | court of record ⓘ |
| establishedBy |
Michigan Constitution of 1963
ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of the State of Michigan
|
| establishedInYear | 1965 ⓘ |
| governingLaw |
Michigan Constitution
ⓘ
linked to:
Constitution of the State of Michigan
Michigan Court Rules ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan Rules of Court
Michigan statutes ⓘ |
| hasAuthorityOver | all lower state courts in Michigan for appeals ⓘ |
| hasChiefJudge | Chief Judge of the Michigan Court of Appeals ⓘ |
| hasJurisdictionType |
appellate jurisdiction
ⓘ
original jurisdiction in limited cases ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfJudges | 24 ⓘ |
| hasOfficialReporter | Michigan Appellate Reports ⓘ |
| hasPanelStructure | three-judge panels ⓘ |
| hasSeat |
Detroit, Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Detroit
Grand Rapids, Michigan ⓘ Lansing, Michigan ⓘ Marquette, Michigan ⓘ |
| hears |
administrative appeals
ⓘ
civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ |
| hearsCasesFrom |
Michigan Circuit Courts
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan trial courts
Michigan Court of Claims ⓘ Michigan District Courts in certain matters ⓘ Michigan Probate Courts ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan trial courts
|
| higherCourt | Michigan Supreme Court ⓘ |
| judgesElectedOrAppointed | elected ⓘ |
| judicialSelectionMethod | nonpartisan election ⓘ |
| levelInJudicialHierarchy | intermediate ⓘ |
| locatedInJurisdiction | Michigan ⓘ |
| officialLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf |
Judicial branch of Michigan
ⓘ
Michigan Court System ⓘ |
| publishes |
published opinions
ⓘ
unpublished opinions ⓘ |
| reviews |
decisions of Michigan administrative agencies
ⓘ
decisions of Michigan trial courts ⓘ |
| state |
Michigan
ⓘ
linked to:
Michigan (most of state)
|
| termLength | 6 years ⓘ |
| website | https://www.courts.michigan.gov/courts/court-of-appeals/ ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Michigan Court of Appeals Description of subject: The Michigan Court of Appeals is the state's intermediate appellate court that reviews decisions from lower courts across Michigan.
Referenced by (23)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject linked to:
government of Michigan
linked to: Michigan Court of Appeals
Judicial branch of Michigan
→
hasSpecializedCourt
→
Michigan Court of Appeals – Court of Claims division
ⓘ
linked to: Michigan Court of Appeals
subject linked to:
MSC
subject linked to:
Criminal Division