You used a Latin word. My eyes are starting to glaze.
Every year I have to go to the gun shop to have the hunting regulations explained to me. Legalese and I do not mix!!!
}:^/
Ooops! My legal training got out of my system programmer pocket... The Supreme Court, in most cases, does NOT have to take a case. Of the some 30000 cases appealed to them, they have to vote to "grant certiori" to take the case. Point being, most cases never get that far and the last standing ruling is the Court Below, which in the Federal system is the Court of Appeals.