The overwhelming majority of cases decided by federal courts of appeals and state supreme courts are not credible candidates for certiorari. Here’s a helpful cheat sheet regarding Supreme Court grant rates:
- In Forma Pauperis petitions: .1%
- Booklet format petitions: 4%
- Percentage of merits-docket comprised of Cockle petitions: 14%
Below you’ll find a list of Cockle-filed petitions that the Court has granted over the past two Terms. The Court just concluded its 2014 Term, though many petitions filed during the 2014 Term will not be addressed until the Justices return from recess in October.
(The docket number, case name, and type of brief contain live links to the Supreme Court’s docket, SCOTUSblog case page, and petition as filed)
- 13-553; Alabama Department of Revenue v. CSX Transportation, Inc. (petition)
- 13-628; Zivotofsky v. Kerry (petition)
- 13-720; Kimble v. Marvel Enterprises, Inc. (petition)
- 13-895; Alabama Legislative Black Caucus v. Alabama (jurisdictional statement)
- 13-1010; M&G Polymers USA, LLC v. Tackett (petition)
- 13-1032; Direct Marketing Association v. Brohl (petition)
- 13-1052; Nickols v. Mortgage Bankers Association (petition)
- 13-1067; OBB Personenverkehr AG v. Sachs (petition)
- 13-1352; Ohio v. Clark (petition)
- 13-1412; City and County of San Francisco v. Sheehan (petition)
- 13-1428; Davis v. Ayala (petition)
- 14-15; Armstrong v. Exceptional Child Center, Inc. (petition)
- 14-46; Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency (petition)
- 14-116; Bullard v. Hyde Park Savings Bank (petition)
- 14-209; Illinois v. Cummings (petition)
- 14-280; Montgomery v. Louisiana (petition)
- 14-400; Harris v. Viegelahn (petition)
- 14-520; Hawkins v. Community Bank of Raymore (petition)
- 14-571; DeBoer v. Snyder (petition)
- 14-618; Woods v. Donald (petition)
- 14-940; Evenwel v. Abbott (jurisdictional statement)
For more information on recent Supreme Court rulings, visit SCOTUSblog.com’s 2014 Stat Pack.