28 U.S.C. § 1255
Section 1255 · 1255, 1256. Repealed. Pub. L. 97164, title I, 123, Apr. 2, 1982, 96 Stat. 36]
Applied in 9 court decisions — leading case United States v. Cors (1949)
Most recently applied in 550 F. Supp. 2d 540 - Nigmadzhanov v. Mueller (May 2008)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section 1255, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 928, authorized Supreme Court to review cases in Court of Claims by writ of certiorari and by certification of questions of law. Section 1256, act June 25, 1948, ch. 646, 62 Stat. 928, authorized Supreme Court to review cases in Court of Customs and Patent Appeals by writ of certiorari.