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The First Department of the Appellate Division holds jurisdiction over the Counties of New York and the Bronx.Appeals are taken to the Appellate Division, as a matter of right, in civil and criminal cases, from the Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, and Court of Claims.
The Appellate Division primarily hears appeals from the state's superior courts (Supreme Court, Surrogate's Court, Family Court, Court of Claims, the county courts) in civil cases, the Supreme Court in criminal cases, and, in the Third and Fourth Judicial Departments, from the county courts in felony criminal cases. [5]
The First Department was the only appellate department in the state with seven judges, as the Appellate Division's other three departments had five judges. Despite this, the First Department was overwhelmed with cases in the late 1890s: it heard over a thousand cases annually, forcing the department to transfer some cases to Brooklyn and ...
In 2017, Governor Andrew Cuomo appointed Singh to the New York State Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department, which has appellate jurisdiction over the counties of New York (Manhattan) and the Bronx. [8] He was the first South Asian person to become an appellate state court judge in New York. In 2023, he was selected by New York ...
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Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Fourth Judicial Department: Harold A. Stevens: 1974 Malcolm Wilson, Republican Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department: Thomas D. Thacher: 1943–1948 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican
He was a New York Supreme Court Justice, 1st Judicial District, from 2002 to 2008 and was designated a justice for the appellate division, First Judicial Department, in 2008 by Governor Eliot Spitzer. [5] He was appointed a member of the New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct in 2010. [6]
Every case that comes before an appellate court (or every case where there is some dissension) brings with it the tension between the value of the court speaking with one unified voice versus one ...