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The rule of four is not required by the US Constitution, any law, or even the Court's own published rules. Rather, it is a custom that has been observed since the Court was given discretion on hearing appeals by the Judiciary Act of 1891, Judiciary Act of 1925, and the Supreme Court Case Selections Act of 1988. [1]
The votes of four justices at conference (see Rule of four) ... 2013 rules from the U.S. Supreme Court website; 2013 rule revisions from the U.S. Supreme Court ...
A litigant can take two pathways to discretionary review: (1) directly petitioning the State's supreme court or (2) permission from the district court of appeal. [1] There are four instances where the State's supreme court can exercise discretion when to review: (1) district court decisions that expressly declare a valid state statute—even ...
Democratic North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs holds a 734-vote lead (out of more than 5.5 million ballots cast) over Republican Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin after the ...
Justice Department attorneys asked the Supreme Court on Friday to pause action on four pending appeals — including one involving California’s strict vehicle emissions rules — in the first ...
Before 1990, the rules of the Supreme Court also stated that "a writ of injunction may be granted by any Justice in a case where it might be granted by the Court." [197] However, this part of the rule (and all other specific mention of injunctions) was removed in the Supreme Court's rules revision of December 1989.
Supreme Court terms begin and end in October, and heading into the new year there are major cases awaiting. Here are five of the biggest cases in which the Supreme Court is expected to weigh in by ...
Each year, the Supreme Court receives thousands of petitions for certiorari; in 2001 the number stood at approximately 7,500, [2] and had risen to 8,241 by October Term 2007. [3] The court will ultimately grant approximately 80 to 100 of these petitions, [ a ] in accordance with the rule of four .