| Maeva Marcus - History - 1992 - 856 pages
...decree in any Suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had; where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, & the decission is against their validity; or... | |
| John Brigham - Political Science - 2010 - 278 pages
...only state court decisions reviewable in the Supreme Court are "final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a state in which a decision could be had." The doctrine is called abstention and it was evident in the case of Roe \. Wade with regard to a doctor... | |
| Charles A. Lofgren - Law - 1988 - 282 pages
...cases was established in 1889. Section 709 allowed review in state cases (by writ of error) only when the highest court of a state in which a decision could be obtained had ruled against a claimed federal right. The Judiciary Act of 3 March 1891 broadened the... | |
| Constitutional law - 1990 - 540 pages
...Constitutions and the Federal Constitution 28 USC sec. 1257 provides: Final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had, may be reviewed by the Supreme Court as follows: (2) By appeal, where is drawn in question the validity... | |
| Marshall L. DeRosa - History - 1991 - 200 pages
...decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the Confederate States: Or where is drawn in question the validity... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Select Committee on Indian Affairs - Law - 1991 - 332 pages
...limitations. This section provides: ยง 1257. State courts; certiorari (a) Final judgments or decrees rendered by the highest court of a State in which a decision could be had, may be reviewed by the Supreme Court by writ of certiorari where the validity of a treaty or statute... | |
| California. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1906 - 774 pages
...decree in any suit in the highest Court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity;... | |
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