---
kind: "unit"
title: "28"
title_heading: "Judiciary and Judicial Procedure"
key: "ptIV/ch81"
level: "chapter"
label: "Chapter 81"
heading: "Supreme Court"
release: "119-102"
date: "2026-07-12"
url: "https://uscodex.org/usc/28/ptIV-ch81"
sections_count: 9
---

# Chapter 81 — Supreme Court

Title 28 — Judiciary and Judicial Procedure › Part IV — Jurisdiction and Venue

## Sections

- [§1251. Original jurisdiction](/usc/28/1251.md)
- [§1252. Repealed.](/usc/28/1252.md)
- [§1253. Direct appeals from decisions of three-judge courts](/usc/28/1253.md)
- [§1254. Courts of appeals; certiorari; certified questions](/usc/28/1254.md)
- [§1256. Repealed.](/usc/28/1256.md)
- [§1257. State courts; certiorari](/usc/28/1257.md)
- [§1258. Supreme Court of Puerto Rico; certiorari](/usc/28/1258.md)
- [§1259. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces; certiorari](/usc/28/1259.md)
- [§1260. Supreme Court of the Virgin Islands; certiorari](/usc/28/1260.md)