Ben files a suit in a federal district court against Cathy.Cathy loses the suit,appeals to the U.S.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit,and loses again.Cathy asks the United States Supreme Court to hear the case.The Court agrees to hear the case.This means that
A)at least four justices approve of hearing the case.
B)Cathy's petition does not raise a possibility of an important constitutional question.
C)the amount in controversy in Cathy's suit is greater than $100,000.
D)the Court feels that the lower courts' judgments were erroneous.

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The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case when at least four of the nine justices vote to grant a writ of certiorari, which means they want to review the lower court's decision. This is known as the Rule of Four. The other options are not necessarily true in this scenario.

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