The Supreme Court gets to decide if they want to hear it. It has to go through the entire legal process first, though.
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
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 majority of the nine Supreme Court justices, which means at least five justices, are typically required to reach a decision in a case.
The case Stone v. Graham took about three years to reach the United States Supreme Court. The initial ruling occurred in 1979 when the Kentucky Supreme Court decided the case, and it was subsequently appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which granted certiorari in 1980. The Supreme Court ultimately issued its decision in 1980.
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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.
There are two ways a case can reach the Supreme Court.The first way is by far the most common: A case is first heard by a trial court. If one of the parties doesn't like the outcome, they appeal. The case is then heard by an appeals court, who has the power to overturn the decision of the trial court. The first appeal is a "gimme" - the appeals court hears everyone's appeal. If one of the parties STILL doesn't like the outcome, they can try to appeal again. The Supreme Court, however, does not have to accept every appeal. To appeal to the Supreme Court, you have to write a "petition for certiorari." If they accept your case, we say that the Supreme Court has "granted cert."The second way is very rare: the Constitution gives the supreme court "original" jurisdiction over a narrow class of cases (mostly cases between states or involving ambassadors.) This means that if a case is of that type, the Supreme Court can take it directly, without any trial court. The court almost never accepts a case this way.
chapman won the supreme court case
What does the supreme court case burns v. reed do?
who decides whether or not the supreme court will review a case
Yes, you can appeal to the Supreme Court in this case if you believe there was a legal error in the lower court's decision.