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11 unusual facts about New York Court of Appeals


Albert Rosenblatt

After Governor George Pataki nominated Rosenblatt to serve on the New York Court of Appeals, the State's highest court, he was confirmed by the Senate on December 17, 1998.

Alicia Ouellette

There she served as an Assistant Solicitor General, arguing over one hundred cases before the New York Court of Appeals, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, Third Judicial Department.

Elliott Maddox

In the notable decision Maddox v. City of New York, the New York Court of Appeals ruled that Maddox knew of the condition of the grass at the time and decided to play anyway.

George C. Pratt

After a two-year term clerking for a judge of the New York Court of Appeals, Pratt spent two decades, from 1955 to 1976, as a lawyer in private practice in Nassau County, New York.

George D. Ruggles

His parents died when he was young, and he was raised by his uncle, Charles H. Ruggles, who was Chief Justice of the New York Court of Appeals.

Gladys Heldman

Heldman, the daughter of New York Court of Appeals judge George Z. Medalie, first became interested in tennis after marrying Julius Heldman, the left-handed United States junior champion in 1936.

Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937

The New York Court of Appeals found itself in agreement with Tipaldo, being unable to find any substantial difference between the New York law and the Washington, D.C. law overturned in Adkins.

Matthew Noel Murray

In addition, a federal lawsuit, NASD arbitration, and an amicus brief in a case before the New York Court of Appeals all focused on this case which some related issues highlighted by the Wall Street Global Settlement.

Patrick Connors

His writings have been cited in opinions issued by the New York Court of Appeals seven times and by the other courts of New York State more than ninety times.

Stewart Sterk

He later clerked for Chief Judge Charles D. Breitel of the New York Court of Appeals.

Vincent Martin Bonventre

Starting in 1983, Bonventre would begin clerking at the New York Court of Appeals.


70th New York State Legislature

On June 7, the New York special judicial election, 1847, was held to fill the judicial offices elective under the new State Constitution, for example the judges of the New York Court of Appeals, the justices of the district benches of the New York Supreme Court, county judges, surrogates, district attorneys etc.

Elliott Danforth

From 1896 to 1898, he was Chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee, and in 1897 campaigned successfully for the election of Alton B. Parker as Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.

False light

The case of Warren E. Spahn v. Julian Messner, Inc. et al., (21 N.Y.2d 124 (1967)), is a leading New York Court of Appeals of the State of New York court case involving the civil tort of false light that involved, among other things, a knowing lie about a military decoration.

Flick Trial

The judges in this case, heard before Military Tribunal IV, were Charles B. Sears (presiding judge), former Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals; William C. Christianson, former Minnesota Supreme Court justice; Frank N. Richman, former Supreme Court of Indiana justice; and Richard D. Dixon, former North Carolina Superior Court judge, as an alternate judge.

George G. Barnard

The Impeachment Court (consisting of the Judges of the New York Court of Appeals and the New York State Senators) convened at Saratoga in July, Lt. Gov. Allen C. Beach presided.

Greene C. Bronson

He was one of the first four judges elected to the New York Court of Appeals at the New York special judicial election, 1847, and was Chief Judge from 1850 to 1851 when he resigned.

Henry Brockholst Livingston

Henry Brockholst Livingston (November 25, 1757 – March 18, 1823) was an American Revolutionary War officer, a justice of the New York Court of Appeals and eventually an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Irving Lehman

In 1923, he was elected on the Democratic and Republican tickets to a 14-year term on the New York Court of Appeals, and re-elected in 1937.

New York special judicial election, 1847

At a special judicial election on June 7, 1847, four judges of the New York Court of Appeals, the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, 32 justices of the new New York Supreme Court district benches, county judges, surrogates, districty attorneys and all other judicial officers in the state of New York were elected, to take office on July 5, 1847.

Richard C. Wesley

In 1997, New York Governor George Pataki selected Wesley as his first appointee to serve as an Associate Judge of the New York Court of Appeals, New York's highest court.

United States presidential election in New York, 1904

Roosevelt and Fairbanks defeated the Democratic nominees, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals Alton B. Parker of New York and his running mate Senator Henry G. Davis of West Virginia.

Walter J. Salmon, Sr.

Of importance in the business world, Meinhard v. Salmon, 164 N.E. 545 (N.Y. 1928), is a widely cited case in which the New York Court of Appeals held that partners in a business owe fiduciary duties to one another where a business opportunities arises during the course of the partnership.