certiorari

Examples

• All

• Lucas appealed this ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court, and the Court granted certiorari.

  Academic text (1998)

• The United States Supreme Court denied a petition for a writ of certiorari on December 12, 2016.

  Academic text (2017)

• In June, the Department of Justice filed a petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court.

  Academic text (2002)

• In January 2016, the Supreme Court granted certiorari on Cuozzo.

  Academic text (2017)

• The Camp appealed the decision, and the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari and reversed in a 5-4 decision.

  Academic text (1997)

• In January 1991, the Court granted the writ of certiorari.

  Academic text (1992)

• The United States Supreme Court denied certiorari on Colorado's use tax notice requirements for out-of-state retailers.

  Academic text (2017)

• On October 10, the City and County of San Diego petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court with a writ of certiorari.

  Academic text (2006)

• The Supreme Court granted certiorari to review the injunction against the Obama administration's immigration policy.

  Academic text (2018)

• And most recently, in Carpenter v. United States, the Court has granted certiorari to determine whether the Fourth Amendment restricts law enforcement access to cell site location information.

  Academic text (2018)

Synonyms

W

writ of certiorari

vscertiorari

• Formal

1 9.9

An order from a high court telling a lower court to send case papers for review

has identical meaning but omits the phrase specifying the document type

Compounds

W

writ of certiorari

• Formal

1 9.9

An order from a high court telling a lower court to send case papers for review

Surface Forms

Etymology