Appellee at Legal Glossary

What is it? A party to a lawsuit who wins in the trial court -- or sometimes on a first appeal -- only to have the other party (called the appellant) file for an appeal. An appellee files a written brief and often makes an oral argument before the appellate court, asking that the lower courts judgment be upheld. In some courts, an appellee is called a respondent.

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