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Most appeals are decided at the court of appeals however both parties have the right to apply to the Supreme Court which has final say. However, the Supreme Court is not required to take cases and usually take less than 100 a year.

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The three judges meet and vote to decide. Then one of them wil write the formal opinion. If the vote is two to one, the minority might write a dissenting opinion. Writing these opinions my take a while.
The decision will end with either "affirm," "reverse," or "remand."

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Appeals are decided by three judges with no new evidence and no additional witness hearings. Judges make a decision based on written case record, the briefs submitted by parties, and maybe an oral argument. In the Oral argument, lawyers from both sides usually have about 15min. to present arguments to court, here judges may ask questions. No decision is announced.

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Appellant- party the files the appeal, must prove that trial court made a mistake, prepare a brief
Appellee- defending against appeal, must prove that the origional decision was correct or that any errors were not significant enough to change the outcome, prepare a brief
Affirm- superior court agrees with lower court and nothing changes
Reverse- superior court overturns the lower court's decision
Remand- the superior court sends the case back to the trial court for further action or new trial
Re-Hearing En Banc-  one of the parties requests to be heard by all the judges of that court circuit instead of just the three

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After going through court once, it may not have ended how you wanted. An appeal is when you apply to a higher court in hopes that they will change the decision. You usually only have so much time to do this and even if you apply that doesn't mean you will get what you want.