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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 Second, Third, and Fourth Judicial Departments, from the county courts in felony criminal cases. [5]
As with all four departments of the Appellate Division, the Second Department was created in its current form by the Constitution of the State of New York, adopted at the 1894 constitutional convention. The constitution fixes the number of justices at seven, but the governor may designate additional justices if there is a need.
Appellate Division (1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th) Supreme Court ... Appellate Division (4 departments) [2] ... having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of ...
Ten are running for five State Supreme Court judgeships in NY's 9th District in the Hudson Valley. ... She was appointed to serve on the Appellate Division, Second Department in 2014 and is now ...
Rolon v. Kulwitzky (Court of Appeals of California, Second District, Division 4, B002051; March 20, 1984) was an unlawful discrimination case filed by Deborah Johnson and Zandra Rolón, a lesbian couple, against a Los Angeles restaurant, Papa Choux, after they were refused seating in a semi-private booth. The lower court denied the plaintiffs a ...
The Tenth Circuit was created in 1929 by subdividing the existing Eighth Circuit, and the Eleventh Circuit was created in 1981 by subdividing the existing Fifth Circuit. The Federal Circuit was created in 1982 by the merger of the United States Court of Customs and Patent Appeals and the appellate division of the United States Court of Claims.
Also served as Presiding Justice of Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, First Judicial Department: Thomas D. Thacher: 1943–1948 Thomas E. Dewey, Republican Also served as Solicitor General of the United States and as a U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York: Benjamin F. Tracy: 1881–1882 Alonzo B. Cornell, Republican
The insular areas of Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, and the United States Virgin Islands each have one territorial court; these courts are called "district courts" and exercise the same jurisdiction as district courts, [2] [3] but differ from district courts in that territorial courts are Article IV courts, with judges who serve ten-year ...