Appeals
LAW 92
RIGHT TO APPEAL
- A. Contestant's Right
- A contestant or his Captain may appeal for a review of any ruling made
at his table by the Director.
- B. Time of Appeal
- The right to request or appeal a Director's ruling expires 30 minutes
after the official score has been made available for inspection, unless
the sponsoring organization has specified a different time period.
- C. How to Appeal
- All appeals shall be made through the Director.
- D. Concurrence of Appellants
- An appeal shall not be heard unless both members of a pair (except in
an individual contest), or the captain of a team, concur in appealing. An
absent member shall be deemed to concur.
See Duplicate
Decisions,
Appeals Form,
ACBL Payer Memo Form
Sponsoring organizations may establish penalties for
appeals without merit.
 
LAW 93
PROCEDURES OF APPEAL
- A. No Appeals Committee
- The Chief Director shall hear and rule upon all appeals if there is no
Tournament or Appeals Committee, or when a committee cannot meet without
disturbing the orderly progress of the tournament.
- B. Appeals Committee Available
- If a committee is available,
- 1. Appeal Concerns Law
- The Chief Director shall hear and rule upon such part of the appeal
as deals solely with the Law or regulations. His ruling may be appealed
to the committee.
- 2. All Other Appeals
- The Chief Director shall refer all other appeals to the committee
for adjudication.
- 3. Adjudication of Appeals
- In adjudicating appeals the committee
may exercise all powers assigned by these Laws to the Director, except
that the committee may not overrule the Director on a point of law or
regulations, or on exercise of his disciplinary powers. The committee
may recommend to the Director that he change his ruling.
- C. Appeal to National Authority
- After the preceding remedies have been exhausted, further appeal may
be taken to the national authority (on a point of law, in ACBL the
National Laws Commission, 2990 Airways Boulevard, Memphis, TN,
38116-3847).
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See Duplicate
Decisions
Zonal organizations may establish differing
conditions of appeals for special contests.
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