Cases
Questions presented
Search the question each petition asks the Court to decide: 34,175 petitions for certiorari, granted and denied, OT2015 to OT2026.
Every word must appear; a word also matches its longer forms (arbitra finds arbitration). Put a phrase in "quotation marks". For a case by name or number, use the case search.
What is and is not here
The questions are read from the petition each docket links to, and the site has not read every petition. Coverage is close to complete for paid petitions and thin for older petitions filed in forma pauperis; the table gives the count for each Term.
| Term | Paid | In forma pauperis | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OT2026 | 597 of 625 | 96% | 931 of 1,093 | 85% |
| OT2025 | 1,330 of 1,432 | 93% | 2,123 of 2,702 | 79% |
| OT2024 | 1,190 of 1,329 | 90% | 1,883 of 2,529 | 74% |
| OT2023 | 1,232 of 1,375 | 90% | 2,024 of 2,848 | 71% |
| OT2022 | 1,139 of 1,252 | 91% | 2,037 of 2,907 | 70% |
| OT2021 | 1,446 of 1,611 | 90% | 2,329 of 3,288 | 71% |
| OT2020 | 1,623 of 1,829 | 89% | 2,400 of 3,477 | 69% |
| OT2019 | 1,344 of 1,478 | 91% | 2,767 of 3,930 | 70% |
| OT2018 | 1,452 of 1,593 | 91% | 3,525 of 4,847 | 73% |
| OT2017 | 875 of 1,718 | 51% | 1,880 of 4,594 | 41% |
| OT2016 | 39 of 39 | 100% | 4 of 4 | 100% |
| OT2015 | 5 of 5 | 100% | 0 of 0 | — |
A further 4,320 petitions are left out because what was read from them is not a question: the cover’s list of counsel, a table of contents, or a handwritten form no machine reads. “Review granted” marks a petition the Court granted and heard, or granted since OT2025; a petition without the mark was not necessarily denied.
“Similar questions” on a case page, and behind each result here, compares the words of one question with every other. It finds petitions that ask about the same statute, doctrine or decision in like terms. It is a comparison of wording, not a finding that two cases are related.