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To: HPilot who wrote (485407)	6/3/2009 4:03:11 PM
From: Win Smith	1 Recommendation Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1574060

But the Supreme Court does not agree to hear every case that is appealed. A rough estimate: Since the Judiciary Act of 1925 ("The Certiorari Act" in some texts), the majority of the Supreme Court's jurisdiction has been discretionary.[3] Each year, the court receives approximately 10,000 petitions for certiorari, of which approximately 100 are granted plenary review with oral arguments, and an additional 50 to 60 are disposed of without plenary review.[4][5] In theory, each Justice's clerks write a brief for the Justice outlining the questions presented, and offering a recommendation as to whether certiorari should be granted; in practice, most Justices (all of the current court, except Justices Stevens and Alito) have their clerks participate in the cert pool.[6][7] en.wikipedia.org e.g. the Supreme Court only agrees to rule on 1-2% of appeals sent its way. Absent other statistics I don't think Sotomayor's reversal rate can be meaningfully compared to anything other that the 75% overall reversal rate. Maybe more of her cases are appealed than for other judges, maybe not, but 3 out of 5 are both very small numbers.