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DevinYes, if you're citing the case for a research paper, or using legal format under any circumstances. Under the old MLA format, the case name was not italicized; however, the MLA now suggests using Legal Bluebook format (example):
Marbury v. Madison, 5 US 137, 138 (1803).
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Marbury v. Madison, [short case title or caption in italics]
5 U.S. [volume number of US Reports where opinion can be found]
137, [page number on which opinion begins]
138 [specific page being referenced]
(1803). [year decision was issued]
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Does the supreme court spend the vast majority of its time as a trial court or an apellate court?
The Supreme Court is the highest court in the United States. As such, the Supreme Court is primarily an appellate court, hearing cases appealed from the Federal "Circuit Courts" on a discretionary basis. According to the Constitution, the Supreme Court may exercise original jurisdiction (similar to a trial-level court) over a very small range of cases: cases affecting ambassadors or diplomats, and cases in which a state is a party (this was part of the battle in Marbury v. Madison). However, this too is discretionary, which makes the Supreme Court in all cases unlike a trial level court (which has mandatory jurisdiction).
How do cases involving citizens rights reach the Supreme Court?
All cases start out in lower local courts to be heard. After the initial verdict the party that feels that they should have gotten a different outcome they will appeal. The Supreme Court is the highest court of appeals and the verdicts can be fought all the way to them.
Does the Arizona Court of Appeals must hear all death penalty cases?
Yes, the state supreme courts are compelled to hear all death row appeals; but No, the US Supreme Court is not required to hear capital appeals.Death row appeals are part of the mandatory jurisdiction of State supreme courts, but the US Supreme Court is no longer required to review capital punishment cases. The Judiciary Act of 1925 allowed the US Supreme Court discretion to determine what cases to hear, with a few exceptions. Congress eliminated mandatory jurisdiction over death penalty cases in 1988.
What cases does the Supreme Court have the power to hear?
The Supreme Court is brought a large number of cases every year to review, but they do not have to hear all of them. They choose from cases that have already gone through state or federal courts where one of the parties was unhappy with the previous decision.
Is the supreme court an apellate court?
Yes. Most cases reach the US Supreme Court as appeals of decisions from lower federal and state courts.The US Supreme Court is not only an appellate court, however. They have constitutional authority to hear a small class of cases under original (trial) jurisdiction, with exclusive, original jurisdiction over disputes between the states.
