The federal government has instituted rules of procedure for filing appeals with the U.S. Supreme Court. In
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The federal government has instituted rules of procedure for filing appeals with the U.S. Supreme Court. In addition, each state has adopted rules for filing of appeals with its own appellate court system. The U.S. Supreme Court is the final court of appeal for the entire United States. If there were not limitations on the types of cases and how appeals were filed, the system would be inundated with claims for appeals, and the Court could not possibly consider all of the cases presented. As a result, many important legal and constitutional issues might be resolved in different ways in various courts and there would be no avenue through which to establish a consistent and valid precedent that provided equal protection under the law for the entire country.
Why don't the states all just adopt the same type of procedure for filing appeals that is used by the U.S. Supreme Court?
Smith and Roberson Business Law
ISBN: 978-0538473637
15th Edition
Authors: Richard A. Mann, Barry S. Roberts