(in the US) The state and federal courts of appeal and the state and federal supreme courts get to review the cases submitted to them before deciding to accept them for their review or not.
The Supreme Court gets to choose which cases it wants to hear, and it doesn't choose very many!!
The Supreme Court is brought a large number of cases every year to review, but they do not have to hear all of them. They choose from cases that have already gone through state or federal courts where one of the parties was unhappy with the previous decision.
The Supreme Court is brought a large number of cases every year to review, but they do not have to hear all of them. They choose from cases that have already gone through state or federal courts where one of the parties was unhappy with the previous decision.
In Texas a Justice of the Peace Court and the Small Claims Court will not hear criminal felony cases.
The Supreme Court alone decides which cases, and how many they will hear.
The Supreme Court alone decides which cases, and how many they will hear.
A Superior Court is a court of original jurisdiction. It would hear all cases they were qualified and cretified to hear, which come before it that originated within their circuit.
The US Supreme Court only has the time and the resources to hear less than 1% of the cases which request it. The court must limit itself to issues where the law is unsettled and there is a pressing need for the court to make a determination on an issue.
The Supreme Court justices hear cases in the courtroom of the Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC.
an appellate court
The Supreme Court hears three kinds of cases. Cases appealed from lower federal courts account for two-thirds of the cases they hear. They also hear cases appealed from state's supreme courts, and sometimes hear cases that have not been previously heard by a lower court, such as between one state's government and another.
State courts, by far, hear more cases per year than all of the Federal Circuits combined.