The Supreme Court of the United States has full discretion over granting certiorari to cases petitioned under its appellate jurisdiction.
Federal appellate cases
An appellate court. This court specializes in hearing cases that people request for retrial (appeals).
The Supreme Court does not act like an appellate court when it hears cases under its original (trial) jurisdiction. Currently, the only class of case the Court hears under original jurisdiction is disputes between the states.
Appellate court
An appellate court hears and decides the issues on appeal.
An appellate court hears and decides the issues on appeal.
The appellate court.
No. In both State and Federal systems, appellate Court Judges alone render a decision on the merits of the appeal based on the evidence contained within the record of the trial court. There are no juries empaneled in an appellate courts.
Having appellate jurisdiction means that the Supreme Court hears cases that have been in trial before. A majority of cases that the Supreme Court hear are either controversial, or some kind of trial error took place in a prior court.
An appellate court hears and decides the issues on appeal.
affirm the decision
The US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts only review cases under their appellate jurisdiction; the US Supreme Court hears most of the cases it selects under appellate jurisdiction, but considers disputes between the states under original (trial) jurisdiction.