Courts of New York explained

Courts of New York include:

State courts of New York

• New York Court of Appeals^[1]
  • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (4 departments)^[2]
    • New York Supreme Court (13 judicial districts)^[3]
    • New York County Court (57 courts, one for each county outside New York City)^[4]
    • New York Surrogate's Court
    • New York Family Court
    • New York Court of Claims^[5]
    • New York City courts
      • New York City Criminal Court
      • New York City Civil Court
    • New York District Court
    • New York town and village courts^[6]

Federal courts located in New York

• United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit (headquartered in Manhattan, having jurisdiction over the United States District Courts of Connecticut, New York, and Vermont)
  • United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York^[7]
  • United States District Court for the Northern District of New York^[8]
  • United States District Court for the Southern District of New York^[9]
  • United States District Court for the Western District of New York^[10]
• United States Court of International Trade (headquartered in New York City)

Former federal courts of New York

• United States District Court for the District of New York (extinct, subdivided)

See also

• Judiciary of New York
• New York Court of Common Pleas (historical)
• New York Court for the Trial of Impeachments (historical)
• New York Court of Chancery (historical)
• New York Court of General Sessions (historical)

Further reading

Galie, Peter J. and Bopst, Christopher, The New York State Constitution (2nd ed. 2012)

Lincoln, Charles Z., The Constitutional History of New York from the Beginning of the Colonial Period to the Year 1905 (1906)

State of New York, Department of State, New York Constitution http://www.dos.ny.gov/info/constitution.htm

The Historical Society of the Courts of the State of New York http://www.courts.state.ny.us/history

External links

• National Center for State Courts – directory of state court websites.

Notes and References

1. Web site: New York State Court of Appeals Home Page . Nycourts.gov . 2008-12-17.
2. Web site: Appellate Divisions . Courts.state.ny.us . 2008-12-17.
3. Web site: Court Structure . Courts.state.ny.us . 2008-12-17.
4. Web site: New York Courts Online Guide . Courtreference.com . 2008-12-17.
5. Web site: New York State Court of Claims . Nyscourtofclaims.courts.state.ny.us . 2008-12-17.
6. Web site: Town & Village Courts . Courts.state.ny.us . 2008-12-17.
7. Web site: U.S.D.C, Eastern New York – Systems Department . Home . Nyed.uscourts.gov . 2008-12-17.
8. Web site: U.S. District Court – Northern District of New York . Nynd.uscourts.gov . 2008-12-17.
9. Web site: U.S. District Court • Southern District of New York . .nysd.uscourts.gov . 2008-12-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081217053656/http://www1.nysd.uscourts.gov/index.php . 2008-12-17 .
10. http://www.nywd.uscourts.gov/ U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York