Those Cases Heard by the Supreme Court Under Its Appellate

Those cases heard by the Supreme Court under its appellate jurisdiction arrive there because:

A) they involve foreign ambassadors and nations
B) the Court has been asked to issue a writ of certification and to clarify a case for a lower appeals court
C) a litigant who lost in a lower appellate court has convinced the justices to hear the case
D) Congress has identified the case as being so important that the Supreme Court must hear it
E) the solicitor general has determined it worthy of a hearing in the Supreme Court