Writ of Certiorari

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A litigant’s extraordinary writ requesting a higher court to review a lower court ruling

Certiorari is used primarily by the U.S. Supreme Court and selects only a tiny percentage of certiorari requests for review.

The Supreme Court will often issue a legal statement by denying a writ, thereby letting a lower court’s decision prevail.

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