01:790:106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Special Master, Certiorari, Justiciability
19 Feb 2018
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Jurisdiction of the supreme court: the cases the court will hear is determined by the. Constitution, federal statutes, and the decisions of the court. A small fraction of the court"s cases arise under its original jurisdiction. Article iii of the constitution: cases affecting ambassadors, other public ministers, and consuls, and cases to which the state is a party. Typically involve suits between two states (e. g, boundary disputes) Court usually appoints a special master who hears the cases and makes a recommendation. Certiorari means to make sure in latin. An appeal to supreme court is known as a petition for certiorari, or cert. Court grants cert. when it accepts a case for review. Justiciability: a justiciable case is one that is proper to be decided by a court, or one that. Standing has a legal, instead or political remedy. The case must involve an actual dispute (not a hypothetical one) The parties in the case must have something to lose.
