How many petitions for writ of certiorari does the US Supreme Court receive each year?

The US Supreme Court received 7,738 petitions for Writ of Certiorari (requests for case review) in the 2008-2009 Term (the most recent year for which information is available). The Court estimated it had received more than 10,000 petitions last Term, but the number was revised downward in the Chief Justice's year-end report. This represents about a 6.1% decrease in the number of cases submitted for the 2007-2008 Term, but 234.5% more than the 2,313 the Court received in 1960.

Due to limitations on the amount of work a nine-Justice Court can handle, only 1-2% of these petitions are granted. The Court typically hears between 75-100 cases per year, and sometimes has to carry a case forward until the following year's docket.