The Supreme Court has appellate jurisdiction.
Appellate jurisdiction is the power to review decisions made by lower courts.
Two common types of error claimed in appeals are that the lower court did not follow correct procedure, or that the law was applied incorrectly to the facts of the case. The Supreme Court does not review the facts but clarifies questions of law as applied to the facts. Once the Supreme Court has reviewed the case and given its decision, no further appeal can be made within the state court system. In special types of cases, the Supreme Court has original or exclusive jurisdiction. The case is brought directly to the Supreme Court without having to be heard first in one of the lower courts.