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writ of certiorari

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Noun1.writ of certiorari - a common law writ issued by a superior court to one of inferior jurisdiction demanding the record of a particular case
judicial writ, writ - (law) a legal document issued by a court or judicial officer
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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CASE FACTS: Columbia Hospital Corporation of South Broward (Columbia), d/b/a Westside Regional Medical Center (Westside), a for-profit corporation, petitioned for a writ of certiorari, seeking to quash a trial court's order that denied Columbia's objections to a plaintiff's request for discovery.
Writ of Certiorari A petition for writ of certiorari is generally used to review 1) quasi-judicial orders of county, municipal, or state agencies that cannot be appealed to the district courts of appeal under the Administrative Procedure Act; 2) orders of circuit courts acting in their appellate capacity; and 3) nonfinal orders of lower tribunals that are not subject to interlocutory appeal under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.
11) Based on this memorandum, Medellin filed a successive state habeas petition, and thereafter the Supreme Court dismissed its writ of certiorari as improvidently granted.
 
 
 
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