Caption and Citation: Vocab

Question 1

Shepardizing

Answer 1

determining what other cases have overruled, distinguished, or otherwise changed our understanding of a case. The term comes from leaflets indicating updates to cases that were first printed in the late 1800s by Frank Shepard.

Question 2

Petitioner

Answer 2

The party seeking to have the Supreme Court review a case, through a writ of certiorari. Typically, the party that lost in the prior stage of the proceeding.

Question 3

Respondent

Answer 3

The party against whom a petition is filed. In the Supreme Court, this is typically the party who won the case in the court below and seeks to defend the judgment.