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PUBLIC LAW 88-241-DEC. 23, 1963
(2) preparation of, and time for filing, the transcript of the record in such cases— and may generally regulate all matters relating to appeals in such cases. § 17-103. Time for petitioning for allowance of appeal from District of Columbia Court of Appeals Petitions for the allowance of appeals from judgments of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals shall, in each case, be filed, as provided by this chapter, within ten days after entry of the judgment from which an appeal is desired. §17-104. Determination of appeal from District of Columbia Court of Appeals If the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit allows an appeal pursuant to section 11-321 and this chapter, it shall review the record on appeal, and shall affirm, modify, vacate, set aside, or reverse the judgment, and may remand the cause and direct the entry of such appropriate judgment or order, or require such further proceedings to be had, as is just in the circumstances. CHAPTER 3—DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COURT OF APPEALS Sec
17-301. Applications for allowance of appeals from certain Court of General Sessions Judgments; hearing; effect of denial. 17-302. Regulations of appeals; record; costs. 17-303. Appeals from administrative orders and decisions; petition; record; procedure. 17-304. Stay upon application for review of, or pending appeal from, administrative order or decision. 17-305. Scope of review. 17-306. Determination of appeals. 17-307. Time for taking or applying for allowance of appeals.
§ 17-301. Applications for allowance of appeals from certain Court of General Sessions judgments; hearing; effect of denial (a) The application for the allowance of an appeal from a judgment of the Small Claims and Conciliation Branch of the District of Columbia Court of General Sessions, or from a judgment of the criminal division of that court where the penalty imposed is less than $50, provided for by section 11-741 (c), shall be on a standard form, in simple language, prescribed by the Court of General Sessions. If the appellant is not represented by counsel, the clerk of the Court of General Sessions shall prepare the application in his behalf. (b) The application provided for b^ subsection (a) of this section shall be filed in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals within the time limit prescribed by section 17-307 (b), and shall be promptly presented by the clerk of that court to the chief judge and the associate judges thereof for their consideration. When any one of them is of the opinion that the appeal should be allowed, the appeal shall be recorded as granted, and the case set down for hearing on appeal. I t shall be given a preferred status on the calendar, and heard in the same manner as other appeals in the court. When all the judges are of the opinion that an appeal should be denied, the denial shall stand as an affirmance of the judgment of the trial court, and there shall be no further appeal. §17-302. Regulation of appeals; record; costs The District of Columbia Court of Appeals may regulate, generally, all matters relating to appeals, whether in the District of Columbia Court of Appeals or in the court below. It may prescribe by rules what
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