The New York Court of Appeals is the highest court in the U.S. state of New York. The Court of Appeals consists of seven judges: the Chief Judge and six associate judges who are appointed by the ...

When Albany lawmakers crafted New York's Raise the Age law in 2017, they didn't define "extraordinary circumstances," a point ...

This is the latest in an occasional series of articles explaining the history and scope of the various New York State courts. In English tradition, the monarch was deemed infallible and cloaked with ...

This is the last in an occasional series of articles explaining the history and scope of the various New York State Courts Sometimes, New York’s trial judges make a mistake. They’re human beings, and ...

NEW YORK – In a landmark victory for judicial transparency, the New York State Court of Appeals reversed an Appellate Court decision in NYCLU v. New York State Office of Court Administration (OCA) ...

A New York appeals court on Thursday threw out the massive financial penalty a state judge imposed on President Donald Trump, while narrowly upholding a finding he engaged in fraud by exaggerating his ...

A legal fight over how New York schedules local elections just took a new turn. A coalition of political parties, local governments, candidates, and voters has filed an amended federal complaint ...

A New York appeals court has thrown out the roughly half-billion dollar judgment against President Donald Trump in the civil fraud case brought by the state’s attorney general. Thursday’s decision, ...

An appellate court has thrown out the $500 million civil fraud penalty against President Donald Trump in the high-profile case brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James. The New York ...