. A case before a federal court may also involve diversity of citizenship. That is, that the plaintiff and the defendant are from different states. In order to ensure fairness for the out-of-state party, the Constitution allows for the case to be heard in federal court. Federal courts have jurisdiction in all bankruptcy cases as well (uscourts.gov, 8).In an appeal, the appellant must persuade the court to reverse the trial court's judgment because of some significant legal errors that occurred during the trial which could have skewed the result, such as evidence improperly admitted or excluded, or the judge instructing the jury to apply an incorrect interpretation of the law. The appellee, on the other hand, will seek to persuade the court that no such errors were made in the lower court or that, if there was an error, it was harmless because it did not affect the outcome. A transcript of the district court proceedings, together with all of the original papers and exhibits, will be forwarded to the court for consideration in deciding the appeal (uscourts.gov, 23)....
