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In requesting the writ of certiorari, the oil and gas groups argued that climate change cases are an issue of increasing national importance that would be best resolved at the federal level.
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Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
After years of back-and-forth battling between Fortnite publisher Epic Games and Apple, the gaming company filed a writ of certiorari asking the US Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling in their antitrust case.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
None of this came to light before the Supreme Court granted the case a writ of certiorari, before the lower courts could scrutinize the case and render their own judgment.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
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Breanne Deppisch, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
After years of back-and-forth battling between Fortnite publisher Epic Games and Apple, the gaming company filed a writ of certiorari asking the US Supreme Court to review a lower court ruling in their antitrust case.
—Richard Lawler, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
None of this came to light before the Supreme Court granted the case a writ of certiorari, before the lower courts could scrutinize the case and render their own judgment.
—Tori Otten, The New Republic, 2 May 2023
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“Writ of certiorari.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/writ%20of%20certiorari. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.
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