According to Law.com, approximately 16% of the US Supreme Court's docket are cases on appeal from state courts; this represents approximately .8% of the cases petitioned to the Court.
State supreme courts cannot lawfully overturn US Supreme Court decisions, per the Supremacy Clause of Article VI of the Constitution. The only ways a decision may be overturned is by the Supreme...
In Wabash, St. Louis & Pacific Railway Company v. Illinois, 118 U.S. 557 (1886) the Supreme Court decided an Illinois law regulating railway shipping charges was unconstitutional because the law...
The US Supreme Court typically hears cases on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, beginning on the first Monday in October and ending (usually) in the last week of April. When operating under...