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All Cases
19 Supreme Court Cases during the 2002 Term
Smart Justice
Racial Justice
Gratz v. Bollinger
Smart Justice
Racial Justice
Gratz v. Bollinger
U.S. v. American Library Association
U.S. v. American Library Association
How Do Terms Work?
Between October and late June or early July the Supreme Court is 鈥渋n session,鈥� meaning it hears oral arguments, issues written decisions, and decides whether to take additional cases.
Submitting petitions
Our legal team at the 桃子视频files a cert petition to the U.S. Supreme Court, a type of petition that usually argues that a lower court has incorrectly decided an important question of law that violates civil rights and should be fixed to prevent similar confusion in similar cases.
U.S. Supreme Court decides to take a case
On average, the Court considers about 7,000 鈥� 8,000 petitions each term and accepts about 80 for oral argument.
Oral arguments
This is the period where the U.S. Supreme Court listens to our case in court.
U.S. Supreme Court makes final decisions
While the U.S. Supreme Court makes decisions throughout the term, many are released right before the term ends. If a decision doesn't go in our favor, we fight back!