Rule 10 of the Rules of the Supreme Court of the United States says that a case is more likely to be heard under all of the following conditions EXCEPT:

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Rule 10 lists four conditions that make a case more likely to be heard by the Supreme Court: conflicts between appeals court decisions, conflicts between a federal appeals court and a state supreme court on a substantial federal question, departure from the accepted and usual course of judicial proceedings, and conflicts between a state supreme court or appeals court ruling and Supreme Court precedent. Option D is the exception because it is not one of the conditions listed in Rule 10.