Which statement best describes the district court's appellate jurisdiction?

• A. It has no appellate jurisdiction.
• B. It has appellate jurisdiction over all cases statewide.
• C. It has appellate jurisdiction over cases appealed from inferior courts as provided by law.
• D. It only hears civil appeals.

Answer: (C)

Appellate jurisdiction is the authority to review a lower court’s decision on appeal. In Wyoming, the district court’s power to hear appeals isn’t unlimited; it exists for cases brought from inferior courts and only to the extent the law allows. So the statement that best describes this is that the district court has appellate jurisdiction over cases appealed from inferior courts as provided by law. The other options don’t fit because the district court does have some appellate power (not none), its jurisdiction isn’t automatically all cases statewide unless law grants it, and the scope isn’t limited only to civil appeals unless the enabling law specifies that.