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| + | Nearly all of the cases heard by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] are based on its exercise of appellate jurisdiction over a lower court. However, the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] refuses to hear about 99% of the cases appealed to it, and it only decides about 75 cases a year as of 2007. | ||
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Revision as of 20:33, September 18, 2007
Appellate jurisdiction is the power that court has to analyze the agreement of a lower court.
Nearly all of the cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court are based on its exercise of appellate jurisdiction over a lower court. However, the U.S. Supreme Court refuses to hear about 99% of the cases appealed to it, and it only decides about 75 cases a year as of 2007.