Professor Leora Harpaz

The Supreme Court

READINGS ON THE CERTIORARI PROCESS

Required Reading:

(1) Supreme Court Rule 10 available at http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/supct/10.html

(2) Stephen Shapiro, Certiorari Practice: The Supreme Court’s Shrinking Docket, 24 Litigation 25 (1998)

(3) Timothy Bishop, Jeffrey Sarles, and Stephen Kane, Tips on Petitioning For and Opposing Certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, 34 Litigation 26 (2008)

(4) Stewart A. Baker, Symposium on Supreme Court Advocacy: A Practical Guide to Certiorari

Optional Reading:

(5) Saul Brenner, Granting Certiorari by the United States Supreme Court: An Overview of the Social Science Studies

Examples of Actual Cert Petitions:

(1) Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in Carpenter v. United States: http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/16-402-cert-petition.pdf

(2) Petition for a Writ of Certiorari in Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky: http://www.scotusblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/16-1435-petition.pdf

Sample Certiorari Assignments:

(1) Sample Student Argument Section of Certiorari Petition in Wisconsin v. Oakley, 629 N.W.2d 200 (Wis. 2001)

(2) Sample Argument Section of Certiorari Petition in Ragin v. New York Times Co., 923 F.2d 995 (2d Cir. 1991)