New York Courts and New York Law

• Author: Edward L. Birnbaum/Carl T. Grasso/Justice Ariel E. Belen
• Pages: 57-86

NY COURTS / LAW

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CHAPTER 1

NEW YORK COURTS AND

NEW YORK LAW

I. CIVIL TRIAL COURTS

§1:01 Trial Def‌ined

§1:02 List of Trial Courts

§1:03 Supreme Court

§1:04 County Court

§1:05 New York City Civil Court

§1:06 District Court

§1:07 City Court

§1:08 Town Court and Village Court

§1:09 Court of Claims

§1:10 Surrogate’s Court

§1:11 Family Court

§1:12 Small Claims and Commercial Claims

§1:13 Transfers Between Courts and Involuntary Transfer to Lower Court

§1:14 Summary Jur y Trial

§1:15 Commercial Division of Supreme Court

§1:16 Procedures Adopted Pursuant to Agreement

§1:17 Immediate Trial

§1:18 Alternative Dispute Resolution

§1:19 Trial by a Referee

II. GOVERNING LAW

A. Constitution and Statutes

§1:20 Law Governing New York Civil Trials

§1:21 New York State Constitution

§1:22 Constitutional Provisions

§1:23 Statutes

§1:24 General Statutes

§1:25 Judiciary Law

§1:26 Civil Practice Law and Rules

§1:27 Uniform Court Acts

§1:28 Court of Claims Act

§1:29 Surrogate’s Court Procedure Act

§1:30 Family Court Act

§1:31 Additional Statutory Provisions

NY COURTS / LAW

New York Trial Notebook 1-2

B. Rules

§1:40 Off‌icial Compilation of Codes, Rules, and Regulations

§1:41 Rules of the Chief Judge

§1:42 Rules of the Chief Administrator of the Courts

§1:43 Uniform Rules for the New York State Trial Courts

§1:44 Rules of the Supreme Court, Appellate Division (First and Second Departments)

§1:45 Disciplinary Rules

§1:46 Miscellaneous Rules

C. Case Law

§1:60 Importance of Case Law

§1:61 Applicability of Case Law

§1:62 Case Law Research

§1:63 Read the Actual Case

§1:64 Research Thoroughly

FORMS

Form 1:10 Stipulation to Transfer Action to Summary Jury Program (Bronx County)

Form 1:11 Stipulation and Order to Transfer Action to Binding Summary Jury Part (Suffolk County)