Appellate jurisdiction
Centarori
Centarori
Centarori
Centarori
Centarori
Centarori
Writ of Certiorari
The written explanation for the US Supreme Court's decision is called an opinion.See Related Questions for an expanded explanation.
The Supreme Court is the court of last resort. When all appeals and lower courts have heard and ruled on a case it may go to the Supreme Court, but the court doesn’t have to hear it and may let the lower ruling stand or kick it back to the lower federal court.
The Supreme Court
The US Supreme Court has heard more than 30,000 cases since its inception in 1789 (no cases were heard for the first few years).
The party must request that the court grant a writ of certiorari.