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How many cases does the Supreme Court hear in a typical year? What is the nature of those cases?

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How many cases does the Supreme Court hear in a typical year? What is the nature of those cases?

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A. About 100 cases are accepted for review each year out of roughly 1,000 petitions for review. It takes the vote of at least three justices to take a case on a petition for review. More than two-thirds of the cases reviewed by the Supreme Court concern civil law, as opposed to criminal law.