Category: Argument Previews

The Court of Appeals returns for the February Session on Tuesday, February 6, 2018. First on the agenda for the Court is Chief Judge Janet DiFiore's State of Our Judiciary speech earlier in the morning at 11:30 a.m. The Chief Judge is expected to report on the progress of her Excellence Initiative, which was designed …

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The Court of Appeals wraps up its January Session arguments on January 10, 2018 with cases that make the procedural geek in me smile. There are three cases on the argument calendar today (the Court's case summaries can be found here), two of which involve really interesting (to me at least) procedural issues about counterclaims …

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The Court of Appeals is back for the final week of the January Session. There are only two days of argument this week, and three cases are on the docket today (the Court's case summaries can be found here). The Court will hear arguments on the following issues: (1) whether the Long Island Power Authority …

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The Court of Appeals' January Session continues on Thursday, January 4, 2018, with three cases on the calendar (the Court's case summaries can be found here). The Court will hear arguments on the following issues: (1) when is a municipality an intended third-party beneficiary of a professional services contract between a professional and a property …

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The Court of Appeals' January Session continues on January 3, 2018 with three cases on the argument calendar (the Court's case summaries can be found here). The Court will address the following issues today: (1) whether the New York City Housing Authority arbitrarily denied a son succession rights to his deceased mother's apartment after he …

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Happy New Year! After about a six week layoff, the Court of Appeals' argument calendar resumes on Tuesday, January 2, 2018 for the first day of the January Session.  The Court will hear arguments today in four cases on the following issues: (1) what is the appropriate standard to be applied for disclosure of private …

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The Court of Appeals' November concludes on Thursday, November 16, 2017, with three cases on the argument docket (the Court's case summaries can be found here). First on the calendar is a State Environmental Quality Review Act case, which asks whether the New York State Department of Health took a hard look at the potential …

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The Court of Appeals returns to Albany for a one-week November Session beginning on Tuesday, November 14, 2017. The Court will hear argument in four cases today. First on the argument calendar are two cases involving questions about how class actions should work in New York.  In the first, the Court is asked whether putative …

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The Court of Appeals finishes up the October session arguments on Wednesday, October 18th with three cases on the calendar (the Court's case summaries can found here). First on the docket is a case asking whether one attempt at personal service of notices of violation on a property owner was enough of a reasonable attempt …

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