Appellee

Appellee is a party to a lawsuit who prevailed in the trial court -- or sometimes on a first appeal -- only to have the other party (called the appellant) file for an appeal challenging the ruling of the trial court or the intermediary appellate court. An appellee files a written brief responding to the appellant's brief and often makes an oral argument before the appellate court, asking that the lower court's judgment be upheld. In some courts, an appellee is called a respondent.

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