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38 unusual facts about New York Supreme Court


24th New York State Legislature

Jay asked then the chancellor and the justices of the New York Supreme Court for their opinion, but they refused to give it, claiming that to give opinions was outside the scope of their constitutional duties.

28th New York State Legislature

Lewis, the Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court, had been nominated for Governor by his party, but Burr, after being dropped from the presidential ticket in favor of Gov. George Clinton, ran against Lewis.

3rd New York State Legislature

Senator Richard Morris (Southern D.) was appointed Chief Judge of the New York Supreme Court, and thus vacated his seat to which Ex-Assemblyman Stephen Ward was appointed.

46th New York State Legislature

Sutherland claimed that he was elected to the Senate without his consent, did not take the seat, and was appointed to the New York Supreme Court.

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.

Ann Pfau

She currently is an Acting Supreme Court Justice in the Second Judicial District.

Art Cooley

The group won a temporary injunction from the New York Supreme Court in August 1966 banning the county's use of DDT, and the Mosquito Commission switched to using the organophosphate Abate (temefos) instead.

Consulate-General of Russia in New York City

Following the atmosphere in which the New York City press accused the Soviets of holding Kasenkina against her will, on 11 August New York Supreme Court Justice Samuel Dickstein issued a writ of habeas corpus on Consul-General Lomakin, demanding that he present Kasenkina the following day in court.

Dianne Renwick

She was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 2001 to 2008.

Direct Revenue

On April 4, 2006, New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer filed suit against Direct Revenue in New York County Supreme Court, alleging that the company's software-distribution practices violated New York's General Business Law.

Emilio Barzini

Corleone enforcer Al Neri, disguised as a police officer, meets Barzini on the steps of the New York Supreme Court courthouse at Foley Square on the pretext of writing a parking ticket.

Empire State Railway

On April 29, 1927, an order for a voluntary dissolution of the Empire State Railroad Corporation, which operated trolleys between Syracuse and Oswego under the name Empire State Railways, was signed by Justice Ernest I. Edgecomb in New York Supreme Court.

Florence Smythe

Florence Smythe was a party in a divorce battle which wound up in New York Supreme Court in February 1913.

Harrison Tweed Award

1958 • The Tweed Commission Report proposed reform through centralization of court administration, simplification of court structure, and continued supervision of the courts by the Judicial Conference and the Appellate Division.

Helen Freedman

She was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 1984 to 2008.

She currently serves on the Pattern Jury Instructions Committee of the Association of Justices of the New York Supreme Court and is a member of the New York State and Federal Judicial Council.

Jacob H. Livingston

The injunction was upheld unanimously by the Appellate Division.

John Feerick

He also chaired the New York State Commission to Promote Public Confidence in Judicial Elections, which sought to reform the nomination, campaigning, election, and retention of state judges in the wake of such scandals as the bribery investigation of former judge Gerald P. Garson.

John Ferolito

The New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division ruling that the company could buy out Ferolito's half-interest, which Ferolito had sought to sell to major international beverage companies.

Julie Mehretu

In 2010, Mehretu's work was the object of the Lehmann v. The Project Worldwide case before the New York Supreme Court.

LGBT history in New York

Also in 1977, Renee Richards, a transgender woman, was granted entry to the U.S. Open (in tennis) after a ruling in her favor by the New York Supreme Court.

Marie Bonfanti

Bonfanti was married to George Hoffman, whose father George I. Hoffman, was sued by Jay Cooke, McCullough & Co., in the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn, New York, in December 1876.

Merrick B. Garland

Lynn Garland's grandfather, Samuel Irving Rosenman, was a justice of the New York Supreme Court (a trial-level court of general jurisdiction rather than an appellate court) and a special counsel to Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman.

Myles Lane

Judge Lane was appointed to the New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department in 1974, where he remained until his retirement in 1979.

New Square, New York

In response, the community requested incorporation as a village, and in July 1961 New Square incorporated after the New York Supreme Court had ruled in favor of the village.

Phyllis Rankin

A previous suit, in which she filed for separation from McKee, was being considered by the New York Supreme Court.

President of the Continental Congress

During his presidency, Jay also served as Chief Justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Rosalyn Richter

She was a New York Supreme Court Justice, from 2002 to 2009.

Rose Hill, Manhattan

Those buildings are designated New York City landmarks, as is the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court of New York State, between them.

Sad Sack

The suit was settled in late 2002; at the time of the settlement, the New York Supreme Court had dismissed Harvey's claims against Geppi.

Sampson Simson

In 1888, the New York State Supreme Court decided that the sum, plus thirty years' interest, was to be paid to the North American Relief Society for Indigent Jews in Jerusalem.

Sebastian Leone

In January 1977 Sebastian Leone was elected to the New York Supreme Court.

Stuart A. Summit

For 12 years, Summit helped two mayors of New York City select judicial appointees, and for another nine years he had screened candidates for the New York Supreme Court as part of his work for the State Commission on Judicial Nominations.

Syracuse and South Bay Railway

Litigation ended in the case involving the Syracuse and South Bay Railway and South Bay Construction by late November 1907, in a special term of the New York Supreme Court in the confirmation of the report of Attorney Douglas E. Petit as referee in the case of the Lawrence Savings and Trust Company against the rail.

Syracuse, Eastwood Heights and DeWitt Railroad

They were in favor of Paul T. Brady and had been secured in the New York Supreme Court.

The Girl with the Whooping Cough

After unsatisfactory meetings with Baker and Gaynor, Woods went to the New York Supreme Court on May 9, 1910, to get an injunction preventing the police from closing down the play.

Tudor Jenks

His older brother was Almet F. Jenks, presiding justice of the appellate division of the New York Supreme Court.

William H. Maynard

Maynard died on August 28, 1832, of cholera while preparing in New York City to attend the session of the Court for the Correction of Errors (then the highest court in the State, composed of the Chancellor, the Supreme Court justices and the State Senate); and was buried at the Hamilton College Cemetery in Clinton, NY.


Alvin Bronson

During the War of 1812, several of Bronson's ships were used by the U.S. Navy to transport supplies on Lake Ontario, and the loss of the schooner Penelope during the Battle of Oswego led to a claim for compensation that was denied first by the New York Supreme Court, and then by the House of Representatives in 1821.

Bradford R. Wood

He became counselor in the New York Supreme Court in 1835 and in the United States Supreme Court in 1845.

John F. Carew

Carew was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-third and to the eight succeeding Congresses, holding office from March 4, 1913, until his resignation on December 28, 1929, having been appointed a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

Joseph A. Gavagan

Gavagan was elected as a Democrat to the 71st United States Congress to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Royal H. Weller; he was re-elected to the 72nd and to the six succeeding Congresses and held office from November 5, 1929, to December 30, 1943, when he resigned, having been elected a justice of the New York Supreme Court.

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.

Sanford W. Smith

In February 1928, he was appointed by Gov. Al Smith to the New York Supreme Court (3rd D.), to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Aaron V. S. Cochrane until the end of the year.

Victoria A. Graffeo

On January 1, 1995, she was appointed Solicitor General for the State of New York by Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco and served in that capacity until appointed, in September 1996, by Governor George E. Pataki to fill a vacancy in the State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District.