supreme court

court which runs at an extremely high level and hence deals with important cases

In some countries, provinces and states, the supreme court functions as a court of last resort whose rulings cannot be challenged. However, in some jurisdictions other phrases are used to describe the highest courts. There are also some jurisdictions where the supreme court is not the highest court.
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The Supreme Court of the United States consists of nine justices appointed for life by the President with the advice and consent of the Senate.

One justice is appointed as the Chief Justice and has additional administrative duties related both to the Supreme Court and to the entire federal court system. Each justice is assigned to one of the courts of appeals for emergency responses.

The Supreme Court meets on the first Monday of October each year and usually continues in session through June. The Supreme Court receives and disposes of about 5,000 cases each year, most by a brief decision that the subject matter is either not proper or not of sufficient importance to warrant review by the full court. Cases are heard en banc, which means by all the justices sitting together in open court. Each year the court decides about 150 cases of great national importance and interest, and about three-fourths of such decisions are announced in full published opinions.

The Supreme Court is located across the street from the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C.

Noun
1. the highest federal court in the United States; has final appellate jurisdiction and has jurisdiction over all other courts in the nation
(synonym) Supreme Court of the United States, United States Supreme Court
(hypernym) federal court
(member-holonym) judicial branch
(classification) law, jurisprudence

Noun
1. the highest court in most states of the United States
(synonym) state supreme court, high court
(hypernym) court, tribunal, judicature
(classification) law, jurisprudence