{"id":27360,"date":"2022-02-17T18:11:54","date_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:11:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/?page_id=27360"},"modified":"2022-02-17T18:11:54","modified_gmt":"2022-02-17T23:11:54","slug":"ch19","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/guidance\/adrguide-home\/ch19\/","title":{"rendered":"Ch.19 – Appeal Courts"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;padding-top:0px;padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;margin-bottom: 0px;margin-top: 0px;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-one-full fusion-column-first fusion-column-last\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-column-wrapper-legacy\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-right:0px;margin-bottom:31px;margin-left:0px;\"><h2 class=\"title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\">Ch.19 – Appeal Courts<\/h2><span class=\"awb-title-spacer\"><\/span><div class=\"title-sep-container\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Issues in controversy are ripe for ADR even after a\u00a0board of contract appeal decision, an FAA Administrator’s order, or a decision from the U.S. Court of Federal Claims.<\/p>\n<p>Most appellate matters in the field of government contracts are filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. \u00a0That court has a well-developed mediation program that has been in place since 2005. \u00a0The program provides experienced volunteer mediators at no or little cost to the parties in appropriate cases. \u00a0The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cafc.uscourts.gov\/mediation\/mediation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">court’s website<\/a> fully describes the program.<\/p>\n<p>A few kinds of cases are not appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. \u00a0Cases involving the Tennessee Valley Authority and admiralty are typically filed in district court. \u00a041 USC 7107(2) and 7102(d), respectively. \u00a0Under the Alternative Dispute Resolution Act of 1998, each district court is to have an\u00a0ADR rule in place. \u00a0Appeals from matters before the FAA ODRA can be filed at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit, or the circuit where the contractor or offeror “resides or has its principal place of business.” \u00a049 USC 46110(a). \u00a0Several circuit courts have mediation programs, including the DC Circuit. \u00a0A description of the DC Circuit’s program is available <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cadc.uscourts.gov\/internet\/home.nsf\/Content\/Stub+-+Appellate+Mediation+Program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-clearfix\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":27194,"menu_order":8,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27360"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27360\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/27194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adr.gov\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}