A typical case begins at the local district court level, then goes on appeal to the Court of Appeals that supervises that district court. After the Court of Appeals renders a decision, the losing party can petition the U.S. Supreme Court for its review of the decision. The U.S. Supreme Court accepts only 1% of the requests for it to review case, and it renders about 75 decisions a year out of tens of thousands of decisions rendered by the other federal courts each year. | A typical case begins at the local district court level, then goes on appeal to the Court of Appeals that supervises that district court. After the Court of Appeals renders a decision, the losing party can petition the U.S. Supreme Court for its review of the decision. The U.S. Supreme Court accepts only 1% of the requests for it to review case, and it renders about 75 decisions a year out of tens of thousands of decisions rendered by the other federal courts each year. |