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| − | '''Appellate jurisdiction''' is the power | + | '''Appellate jurisdiction''' is the power of a [[court]] to analyze the agreement of a lower court.<ref>US Government and Politics</ref> |
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| + | Nearly all of the cases heard by the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] are based on its power 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 17:11, October 17, 2007
Appellate jurisdiction is the power of a court to analyze the agreement of a lower court.[1]
Nearly all of the cases heard by the U.S. Supreme Court are based on its power 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.
References
- ↑ US Government and Politics