Post-1938, federal courts deciding issues that arise under state law are required to defer to state court interpretations of state statutes, or reason what a state's highest court would rule if presented with the issue, or to certify the question to the state's highest court for resolution.

The Court of Final Appeal now serves as the highest judicial authority in the jurisdiction, although, as confirmed by the Court of Appeal, decisions of the Privy Council before 1 July 1997 on appeals from Hong Kong ' continue to be binding since the resumption of sovereignty on all courts of Hong Kong, save for the Court of Final Appeal ' i. e. these decisions remain part of the common law of the Hong Kong SAR unless and until overturned by the Court of Final Appeal.

There are three ways a case can be heard in the Supreme Court: ( 1 ) filing directly in the Supreme Court ; ( 2 ) filing in a lower federal court, such as a district court, and appealing all the way up to the Supreme Court ; ( 3 ) filing in a state court, appealing all the way up through the state's highest courts, and then appealing to the Supreme Court on an issue of federal law.

If there is no decision on point from the highest court of a state, the federal courts must attempt to predict how the state courts would resolve the issue, by looking at decisions from state appellate courts at all levels.

All appellate courts fall under a highest court ( sometimes but not always called a " supreme court ").

The two highest courts, the Supreme Court ( Högsta domstolen ) and the Supreme Administrative Court ( Regeringsrätten ), have the right to set precedent which is in practice ( however not formally ) binding on all future application of the law.

Judicial power is vested in the courts with the Supreme Court of the Philippines as the highest judicial body.

* Judicial: Sri Lanka's judiciary consists of a Supreme Court – the highest and final superior court of record, a Court of Appeal, High Courts and a number of subordinate courts.

Until 2005, the Lord Chancellor fused the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary, as he was the ex officio Speaker of the House of Lords, a Government Minister who sat in Cabinet and was head of the Lord Chancellor's Department which administered the courts, the justice system and appointed judges, and was the head of the Judiciary in England and Wales and sat as a judge on the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords, the highest domestic court in the entire United Kingdom, and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the senior tribunal court for parts of the Commonwealth.

State supreme courts are completely distinct from any United States federal courts located within the geographical boundaries of a state's territory, or the federal United States Supreme Court ( although appeals, on some issues, from judgments of a state's highest court can be sought in the U. S. Supreme Court ).

Because state supreme courts generally hear only appeals, some courts have names which directly indicate their functionin the states of New York and Maryland, and in the District of Columbia, the highest court is called the " Court of Appeals ".

Massachusetts and New Hampshire originally named their highest courts the " Superior Court of Judicature.

In Connecticut, Delaware, New Jersey, and New York, the highest courts formerly used variations of the term " Court of Errors ," which indicated that the court's primary purpose was to correct the errors of lower courts.

Danıştay is the highest of administrative courts.

The Military Court of Cassation ( Askeri Yargıtay ) and The Military High Court of Administration ( or the Supreme Military Administrative Court ) ( Askeri Yüksek İdare Mahkemesi ) are the highest bodies to which appeals of decisions of military courts are to be made.

The Chief Justice is the highest judicial officer in the country, and acts as a chief administrative officer for the federal courts and appoints the director of the Administrative Office of the United States Courts.

The Oliy Majlis enacts legislation, which may be initiated by the president, within the parliament, by the high courts, by the procurator general ( highest law enforcement official in the country ), or by the government of the Autonomous Province of Karakalpakstan.

Additionally, the federal and provincial governments can ask for advisory opinions in hypothetical scenarios, termed reference questions, from their respective highest courts.

* 1960 – Joseph Kittinger parachutes from a balloon over New Mexico at, setting three records that still stand today: High-altitude jump, free fall, and highest speed by a human without an aircraft.

A first exception to this rule arose in an 1852 case by New York's highest court, Thomas v. Winchester, which held that mislabeling a poison as an innocuous herb, and then selling the mislabeled poison through a dealer who would be expected to resell it, put " human life in imminent danger.

Finally, in the famous case of MacPherson v. Buick Motor Co., in 1916, Judge Benjamin Cardozo for New York's highest court pulled a broader principle out of these predecessor cases.

Active funding from the National Science Foundation Directorate of Mathematical and Physical Science ( MPS ) for Caltech stands at $ 343 million as of 2011, the highest for any educational institution in the nation, and higher than the total funds allocated to any state except California and New York.

The highest point is just east of where Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York meet ( 42 ° 3 ' N ; 73 ° 29 ' W ), on the southern slope of Mount Frissell, whose peak lies nearby in Massachusetts.

The highest auction record for the artist was set on November 6, 2007 at Christie's in New York, where a group of four paintings, " Les Quatre Saisons " ( the Four Seasons ) sold for $ 14, 601, 000 ( estimate $ 12, 000, 000-$ 18, 000, 000 ).

Among these were psychologists at Colorado University and Hunter College, New York, who completed the studies with the largest number of trials and the highest levels of significance.

New Zealand is served by around 423 franchise systems operating 450 brands, giving it the highest proportion of franchises per capita in the world.

New Zealanders suffered the highest percentage of Allied deaths when compared with population size, but the percentage of Turkish deaths was almost twice theirs.

The lowest elevation in Hong Kong is in South China Sea ( 0 m ) while the highest elevation is at Tai Mo Shan ( 958 m ) in Tsuen Wan, the New Territories.

In 2006 he received the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from the Emperor of Japan and in 2009 he received the highest honour of Papua New Guinea, the Grand Companion of the Order of Logohu.

Australia ’ s highest first class score was posted at the MCG when Victoria made 1107 against New South Wales in 1926 – 27.

At in length, the Murray rises in the Australian Alps, draining the western side of Australia's highest mountains and, for most of its length, meanders across Australia's inland plains, forming the border between the states of New South Wales and Victoria as it flows to the northwest, before turning south for its final or so into South Australia, reaching the ocean at Lake Alexandrina.

* A seven foot statue of Minerva stands at the highest point in Brooklyn, overlooking New York Harbor, located in Green-Wood Cemetery.

Aoraki / Mount Cook is the highest mountain in New Zealand, reaching.

* The Order of New Zealand – New Zealand's highest honour

The Grande Terre group of New Caledonia, with Mont Panié at 1, 628 meters ( 5, 341 ft ) as its highest point, is the most elevated part of the Norfolk Ridge, a long and mostly underwater arm of the continent.

In 2010, 375 ' road users ' were killed in New Zealand, while 14, 031 were injured, with 15 – 24 year olds the group at highest risk.

High Point Monument as seen from Lake Marcia at High Point, Sussex County, New Jersey | Sussex County, the highest elevation in New Jersey at 1803 feet above sea level.

Among U. S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, including descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America.

The highest temperature recorded in New Mexico was at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant near Loving on June 27, 1994 and the lowest recorded temperature is at Gavilan on February 1, 1951.

Among U. S. states, New Mexico has the highest percentage of Hispanics, at 46 percent ( 2010 estimate ), including descendants of Spanish colonists and recent immigrants from Latin America.

The New Guinea Highlands runs the length of New Guinea, and the highest areas receive snowfall-a rarity in the tropics.