The US Supreme Court received 8,159 petitions for Writ of Certiorari (requests for case review) in the 2009-2010 Term (the most recent year for which information is available). This represents about...
Typically, all nine justices of the US Supreme Court hear a case together; however, many cases have been decided with fewer justices. Federal law requires a quorum of at least six justices hear each...
The Supreme Court usually hears oral arguments for two or three cases daily on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of a sitting. Arguments are scheduled to begin at 10:00 am. The second case is presented...
The US Supreme Court issued opinions for 92 cases during the 2009-2010 Term; they heard arguments and wrote full opinions for 73 of them. The final docket originally included a few more cases, but...
The US Supreme Court heard its first case, West v. Barnes, (1791), at the August Term in 1791, on August 2 and 3. The opinion was misplaced and is not contained in the official bound volumes of...