What follows is an opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States. Your task is to identify the manner in which the Court took jurisdiction. The Court uses a variety of means whereby it undertakes to consider cases that it has been petitioned to review. The most important ones are the writ of certiorari, the writ of appeal, and for legacy cases the writ of error, appeal, and certification. For cases that fall into more than one category, identify the manner in which the court takes jurisdiction on the basis of the writ. For example, Marbury v. Madison, 5 U.S. 137 (1803), an original jurisdiction and a mandamus case, should be coded as mandamus rather than original jurisdiction due to the nature of the writ. Some legacy cases are "original" motions or requests for the Court to take jurisdiction but were heard or filed in another court. For example, Ex parte Matthew Addy S.S. & Commerce Corp., 256 U.S. 417 (1921) asked the Court to issue a writ of mandamus to a federal judge. Do not code these cases as "original" jurisdiction cases but rather on the basis of the writ.

Opinion:
BRANIGIN et al. v. DUDDLESTON et al.
No. 1252.
Decided May 20, 1968
John J. Dillon, Attorney General of Indiana, and Charles S. White for appellants in No. 1252. Marshall F. Kiser for appellant in No. 1263.
Leslie Duvall and William H. Sparrenberger for appel-lees in both cases.
Together with No. 1263, Summers v. Duddleston et al., also on appeal from the same court.
Per Curiam.
The motions to affirm are granted and the judgment is affirmed.
Mr. Justice Harlan, for reasons contained in his memorandum of March 4, 1968 (390 U. S. 932, sub nom. Branigin v. Grills), in which he acquiesced in the denial of stays of enforcement of the District Court’s judgment, also acquiesces in the Court’s affirmance of that judgment.

Question: What is the manner in which the Court took jurisdiction?

Choices:
cert
appeal
bail
certification
docketing fee
rehearing or restored to calendar for reargument
injunction
mandamus
original
prohibition
stay
writ of error
writ of habeas corpus
unspecified, other

Answer: 1