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RULES  OF  THE  SUPREME  COURT 

Rule 16.	  Disposition of a Petition for a Writ of 

Certiorari 

1.  After considering the documents distributed under 
Rule  15,  the  Court  will  enter  an  appropriate  order.  The 
order may be a summary disposition on the merits. 

2.  Whenever the Court grants a petition for a writ of cer­
tiorari,  the  Clerk  will  prepare,  sign,  and  enter  an  order  to 
that  effect  and  will  notify  forthwith  counsel  of  record  and 
the court whose judgment is to be reviewed.  The case then 
will be scheduled for brieﬁng and oral argument.  If the rec­
ord has not previously been ﬁled in this Court, the Clerk will 
request the clerk of the court having possession of the record 
to  certify  and  transmit  it.  A  formal  writ  will  not  issue  un­
less specially directed. 

3.  Whenever the Court denies a petition for a writ of cer­
tiorari,  the  Clerk  will  prepare,  sign,  and  enter  an  order  to 
that  effect  and  will  notify  forthwith  counsel  of  record  and 
the court whose judgment was sought to be reviewed.  The 
order  of  denial  will  not  be  suspended  pending  disposition  of 
a  petition  for  rehearing  except  by  order  of  the  Court  or  a 
Justice. 

PART  IV.  OTHER  JURISDICTION 

Rule 17.	  Procedure in an Original Action 

1.  This Rule applies only to an action invoking the Court’s 
original  jurisdiction  under  Article  III  of  the  Constitution  of 
the  United  States.  See  also  28  U. S. C.  § 1251  and  U.  S. 
Const.,  Amdt.  11.  A  petition  for  an  extraordinary  writ  in 
aid of the Court’s appellate jurisdiction shall be ﬁled as pro­
vided in Rule 20. 

2.  The  form  of  pleadings  and  motions  prescribed  by  the 
Federal  Rules  of  Civil  Procedure  is  followed.  In  other  re­
spects,  those  Rules  and  the  Federal  Rules  of  Evidence  may 
be taken as guides. 

3.  The  initial  pleading  shall  be  preceded  by  a  motion  for 
leave  to  ﬁle,  and  may  be  accompanied  by  a  brief  in  support 
of the motion.  Forty copies of each document shall be ﬁled,