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Title

Subject index to decisions and confidential reports

Series Number

J2018

Summary

This index analyzes decisions of the Court of Appeals by legal topic and sub-topic (from "Accounting" to "Workmen's Compensation." The card index may have been compiled as a general subject index to Court of Appeals decisions. Most of the information in the index is not unique, being available in published case reports, legal digests, encyclopedias, and in newspapers. The unique data found in the index are the references to the numbered internal reports or memoranda (see Archives Series J2003).

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

References pertaining to confidential reports: Restricted according to memorandum of understanding between Court of Appeals and State Archives, January 1993. Use with supervision of archivist.

Title

Orders of circuit judges on motions for new trials

Series Number

J8026

Summary

This series consists mostly of orders of Circuit Judges granting or denying motions for new trails after hearing arguments on a bill of exceptions in which a defendant alleged error in earlier proceedings. There are also a few orders granting judgment as in the case of non-suit, giving additional time to plead, setting aside a default, etc. The powers of circuit judges were specified in legislation of 1829.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Post-1847 documents relating to cases in the Supreme Court of Judicature and Court of Chancery

Series Number

J1002

Summary

This series consists mostly of writs of fieri facias (executions) issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature and returned to the Court of Appeals. Also include are satisfaction pieces; orders to transfer Chancery case papers to the Supreme Court clerk in a particular county, a few orders and miscellaneous documents.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Miscellaneous documents

Series Number

JN392

Summary

This small collection includes administrative orders relating to the Chancery Fund and Chancery Library, and examples of other documents, including a bill of complaint (copy), bonds, two estate inventories, solicitor and counselor admission papers, and two remittiturs from the Court for the Correction of Errors.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva) Satisfaction pieces

Series Number

J0136

Summary

This series consists of satisfaction pieces, which are an acknowledgment by a winning party that a judgment in his favor has been satisfied. The acknowledgment is signed by the winning party in a cause (or his attorney) and acknowledged before a judge or commissioner of deeds. The series includes a few powers of attorney and certificates of satisfaction by the clerk of the Supreme Court.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Chancery Register's minute books

Series Number

J0059

Summary

This series consists of minute books which serve as a chronological record of the proceedings in the Court of Chancery, including cases initiated by complaint or by petition. The minutes contain summaries or full texts of motions, orders, decretal orders, and final decrees, as well as entries of other actions by the court. Series includes, for various time ranges, rough minutes, final minutes, engrossed minutes, and some loose sheets of minutes. The minutes were created and maintained by the Register.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Court of Chancery index to miscellaneous filed papers

Series Number

J0071

Summary

This series consists of an alphabetical index by last name of complainant to Series J0087, Miscellaneous Filed Papers, 1777-1847. Each entry in the index contains the names of complainant and defendant and a file number.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

New York State Court of Chancery decrees and papers before 1800

Series Number

J0065

Summary

The series contains information on the particulars of cases, the results of court investigations, the content of testimony, and the determinations of the court. Records consist of decrees, bills of complaint, answers, testimonies, reports, and other documents filed in cases heard by the Chancellor. Files usually consist of one document or one type of document (e.g., testimonies of number of witnesses) and cannot be considered complete case files.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Circuit Court (1st Circuit) rough minute books

Series Number

JN598

Summary

The rough minute books contain minutes of civil trials and other proceedings in regular terms of the Circuit Court and in additional "sittings" in the city and county of New York. Trial minutes include the names of plaintiff and defendant, attorneys, jurors, and witnesses, and may list documents introduced as evidence. The minutes state the amount of money judgment awarded by jury verdict after trial, or by jury inquisition if the defendant defaulted. The minute books also contain occasional entries of motions and orders, and fines against non-appearing jurors.

Creator

• New York (State). Circuit Court (1st Circuit)

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Register of bonds and undertakings

Series Number

J0042

Summary

This volume consists of recorded undertakings on appeal, in which persons or entities filing appeals with the State Court of Appeals engaged a surety to guarantee payment of all costs and damages which may be awarded against the appellant as a result of the appeal. Each entry includes a notarized attestation of the validity of the surety agreement or bond, as well as a sworn confirmation of the surety's address and assets.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court. Appellate Division. Third Department

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Court of Chancery Clerk's registers of causes

Series Number

J0095

Summary

This series contains a short chronological record of proceedings in cases in which a clerk in Chancery provided a service. A court rule required the two Chancery Clerks in New York City and the two in Albany to maintain these registers.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Chancellor's draft opinions

Series Number

J2089

Summary

This series consists of draft opinions written by the Chancellor for cases heard by the Court of Chancery and the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors. Each draft opinion gives the volume and page number in which it is entered; the names of the parties in the case; a review of the particulars and proceedings in the case; the Chancellor's opinion on the matters in question; and citations of statutes, reported cases, and legal treaties to support this opinion.

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Chancery

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Court of Appeals register of decisions

Series Number

J0107

Creator

• New York (State). Court of Appeals

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Roll calls

Series Number

J3157

Summary

This series consists of pre-printed roll call forms used by the Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors to record members present and votes cast by members on specific cases. Forms used to record attendance include the date of session and total count of members present. Forms used to record members' votes on cases include the title of case and total count of votes in favor of affirming or reversing the judgement of the lower court.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Transcripts of judgments in U.S. District and Circuit Courts

Series Number

J6013

Summary

This series consists of transcripts of dockets of judgments in the U.S. Circuit Court and District Courts for the Southern District of New York. The transcripts vary in format, but all entries give the names of the losing and winning parties, the amount of judgment and costs, the date of docketing judgment, and the attorney's name.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

Department of Health adjudication case files

Series Number

17373

Summary

The files in this series document administrative proceedings that Department of Health program units or the Bureau of Administrative Hearings are not able to settle without a hearing. Cases involve sanitary code conditions, Medicaid, professional medical conduct, nursing home discharges/transfers, emergency medical services, WIC benefits, and patient abuse. Files include hearing transcripts, motions, intermediate rulings, proposed findings and exceptions, and orders rendered. Series also contains index files that include summary of proceedings, findings of fact, and transcripts for every case that is heard by the judges.

Creator

• New York (State). Department of Health. Bureau of Adjudication

Access Restrictions

Case files of investigations of professional medical conduct: charge must be disclosed if a committee of the State Board for Professional Medical Conduct concurred that a hearing was warranted and the committee voted unanimously to make the charge public; the subsequent findings, conclusions, determinations and final order must be disclosed. See Public Health Law section 230.10(a)(iv) and 230.10(d). Related investigation files are confidential and are not disclosable. See Public Health Law section 230.10(a)(v). Other materials in the files that are exempt from disclosure include privileged attorney-client communications and attorney work product or material prepared for litigation, under Civil Practice Law and Rules section 3101(b) and (c); and inter- or intra-agency materials with certain exceptions, under FOIL sect. 87.2(g).

All case files: disclosable under the Freedom of Information Law (FOIL, Public Officers Law Art. 6), except for materials that are exempt from disclosure by FOIL section 87.2(a) ("specifically exempted from disclosure by state or federal statute"), section 87.2(b) (disclosure would result in an "unwarranted invasion of personal privacy"), and section 87.2(g) (intra- and inter-agency materials, with certain exceptions).

Title

Writs of possession

Series Number

J4026

Summary

This series consists of writs of possession (habere facias possessionem), issued under seal of the Supreme Court of Judicature, commanding a sheriff to give possession of a parcel of land to the person who was entitled to it after having won an action of ejectment in the Supreme Court of Judicature.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Geneva)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.

Title

List of causes

Series Number

J1162

Summary

This multi-page document is an alphabetical listing of cases in the Court for the Correction of Errors that were commenced after June 1842 and were still pending and undecided in July 1847, when the court was abolished. The pending cases were transferred to the newly established Court of Appeals.

Creator

• New York (State). Court for the Trial of Impeachments and Correction of Errors

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of the material.

Title

Writs of capias ad respondendum and other sheriff's writs

Series Number

JN543

Summary

Collection contains writs of arrest and a small number of other writs, issued out of the Supreme Court of Judicature. Over ninety percent of the documents are writs of capias ad respondendum, ordering a sheriff to arrest a civil defendant, thereby bringing him into the court's custody to answer the plaintiff's declaration of claim. Also present are writs of fieri facias and writs of capias ad satisfaciendum, ordering a sheriff to execute a civil judgment, and other writs for special purposes. At the end of the series are a few writs issued by the Court of Chancery, 1810-1813.

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (New York)

Access Restrictions

Use and reproduction of fragile documents may be restricted.

Title

Issue rolls and continuance rolls

Series Number

J3013

Summary

This series contains issue rolls, which contain all the same parts and information as judgment rolls up to and including the award of writ of venire facias juratores. (See finding aids for Series J0134, J0137, and J0140.) The issue roll was prepared only for important cases tried at the bar of the Supreme Court of Judicature. (A nisi prius roll was drawn up for causes tried on the circuit.)

Creator

• New York (State). Supreme Court of Judicature (Utica)

Access Restrictions

There are no restrictions regarding access to or use of this material.