After the Notice of Appeal is filed, the losing party in the trial court, who becomes the "appellant" in the Court of Appeals, must get the Clerk of the District Court to forward the necessary parts of the trial record to the Court of Appeal. The party that won in the trial court, who becomes the "appellee" in the Court of Appeals, will have an opportunity to add other parts of the trial record. Only those parts of the record that are certified will be used by the Court of Appeals in deciding the case.
At this point, the appellant files a "brief" presenting the legal arguments for overturning the lower court's decisions. The appellee, on the other hand, files its own brief as to why the District Court's decision was correct and to point out why the appellant is wrong. Often the appellant will then file a reply brief.
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