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Between 1994 and 1998 Texas Supreme Court justices decided to grant or deny 4,237 “petitions for review” in which litigants asked the high court to intervene with lower courts on their behalf.  Of these petitions, 3,942 were “single-sided” petitions in which just one side of a case asked the high court to intervene. The justices agreed to hear just 442 single-sided petitions, or 11 percent of the total.

The Supreme Court Accepts Few Petitions Petitions Rejected:  3,500 Petitions Accepted:             442 Total Petitions:  3,942

The Supreme Court reviewed 3,942 “single-sided” petitions from 1994 through 1998.   The court accepted just 11 percent of these petitions, rejecting the other 89 percent.