Used when a lower court is not clear about the procedure or rule of law that should apply in a case. The lower courts ask the Supreme Court to certify the answer to a specific question matter.
A few cases reach the court by certificate that is, a lower court asks the supreme court to cetify an answer to a matter in its case.
A lower court asks the Supreme Court to certify a matter's answer.
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Cases reach the Supreme Court through certificate and writ of certiorari.
A case on appeal reaches the supreme court if the judges below them cant handle it or that case specifically but it is very hard to get a case on appeal in the supreme court
No it was not a supreme court case, but a state case because it was held in the local court
The Supreme Court ultimately has jurisdiction over EVERY case heard, provided the case involves a preserved question of federal or constitutional law. Also state law. A case reaches the Supreme Court through the appeal process. If a case originated in state court it's appealed from the court of original jurisdiction to a state appeals court, then that decision is appealed to the state Supreme Court, and from there to the U.S. Supreme Court. If it's a federal case it originates in Federal District Court, goes to the Circuit Court of Appeals, and from there to the Supremes. Occasionally, the court may agree to hear a case directly if it has national significance. Remember the Court's infamous role in the election of 2000.
When, during the process of trials and appeals, it reaches that level of the ocurt system.
chapman won the supreme court case
who decides whether or not the supreme court will review a case
What does the supreme court case burns v. reed do?
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There is no case that set up the Supreme Court. The US Supreme Court was required under Article III of the Constitution; Congress created it with the Judiciary Act of 1789.
If the US Supreme Court is the first to hear a case, the Court has original jurisdiction.
S.Ct. is an abbreviation for Supreme Court. S.Ct. indicates the writer is citing a Supreme Court case.
It gave the Supreme Court powers not given by the Constitution.