One special civil action is set forth under Rule 65, which allows for petitions for Certiorari, Prohibition, and Mandamus. PETITION FOR CERTIORARI A Petition for Certiorari — Latin for "to be ...

When the losing side in a case decided by a federal court of appeals (or a state’s highest court) wants the Supreme Court to weigh in, it files a brief (known as a “petition for certiorari” or a “cert ...

The U S Supreme Court has declined to hear the case of a Christian fire chief dismissed after attending a megachurch ...

Certiorari-stage brief: Certiorari-stage briefs are the efforts by parties to tell the court why it should or should not take a case. Once the Supreme Court has granted certiorari in a case, each ...

The Supreme Court did not grant certiorari in any cases this morning, but Justices Alito and Gorsuch both suggested it may be time to grant a case to ...

Two weeks ago, the Department of Justice repudiated the Biden administration’s unsound position in the pending Supreme Court case of United States v. Skrmetti, but also advised the Court that it ...

Last fall, I called attention to a baffling ruling by the Washington supreme court (in Henderson v. Thompson) that concluded that routine language used by defense counsel in a personal-injury case ...

The stay halts Richard Emery's execution, scheduled for April 2, pending the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on a writ of ...

Juliana v. United States has met its end, said Oregon-based climate activists, after nearly a decade of trying to bring the ...

Fifty-nine-attorney strong law firm Tripp Scott received a favorable Third District Court of Appeal opinion recently on behalf of its client, Moss Construction, regarding a lawsuit they faced from a ...

In seeking certiorari, the fishers are now pointing to Loper Bright Enterprises V. Raimondo, the 2024 landmark SCOTUS ruling ...