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Title 28
Part IV
Chapter 81
[§§ 1255, 1256. Repealed....
§ 1258. Supreme Court of Puerto ...
[§§ 1255, 1256. Repealed....
§ 1258. Supreme Court of Puerto ...
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§ 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 of the United States is drawn in question or where the validity of a statute of any State is drawn in question on the ground of its being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, or where any title, right, privilege, or immunity is specially set up or claimed under the Constitution or the treaties or statutes of, or any commission held or authority exercised under, the United States.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, the term “highest court of a State” includes the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.
(
June 25, 1948, ch. 646
,
62 Stat. 929
;
Pub. L. 91–358, title I, § 172(a)(1)
,
July 29, 1970
,
84 Stat. 590
;
Pub. L. 100–352, § 3
,
June 27, 1988
,
102 Stat. 662
.)
cite as:
28 USC 1257
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