Cases Heard by the Supreme Court Under Its Appellate Jurisdiction

question 100

Multiple Choice

Cases heard by the Supreme Court under its appellate jurisdiction arrive there because:

• A) they involve foreign ambassadors and nations.
• B) the Court has been asked to issue a writ of certification and to clarify a case for a lower appeals court.
• C) a litigant who lost in a lower appellate court has convinced the justices to hear the case.
• D) Congress has identified the case as so important that the Supreme Court must hear it.
• E) the solicitor general has determined it worthy of a hearing in the Supreme Court.

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