New York Legal Research: Courts & Case Law

Official web site of the Court of Appeals. Includes links to opinions, rules, forms, and reports.

Beginning with 1998.

The New York Court of Appeals Public Access and Search System provides free access to Court of Appeals materials for cases pending on or filed after January 1, 2013.

Published decisions of the Court of Appeals, Appellate Division, and lower courts.

Available from the Court of Appeals web site.

There are four Appellate Divisions of the Supreme Court, one in each of the State's four Judicial Departments. These Courts resolve appeals from judgments or orders of the superior courts of original jurisdiction in civil and criminal cases, and review civil appeals taken from the Appellate Terms and the County Courts acting as appellate courts.

Search case papers and decisions for the NY appellate division (2nd & 3rd departments), Court of Claims, and Supreme Court Commercial Division.

NYcourts.gov. Find courts for a specific county, and specific types of courts.

Allows you to track civil and criminal cases at the trial court level.

The County Courts in the Third and Fourth Departments (although primarily trial courts), hear appeals from cases originating in the City, Town and Village Courts.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court have been established in the First and Second Departments to hear appeals from civil and criminal cases originating in the Civil and Criminal Courts of the City of New York. In the Second Department, the Appellate Terms also have jurisdiction over appeals from civil and criminal cases originating in District, City, Town and Village Courts, as well as non-felony appeals from the County Court.

Published decisions of the Court of Appeals, Appellate Division, and lower courts.

Provides an explanation of the entire criminal process, from arrest to appeal.

Developed for use by local magistrates by the Dutchess County Universal Response to Domestic Violence Project, originally published in 1996 and updated in 1998. This second edition reflects statutory changes enacted through October 2002.

Published by the New York State Advisory Committee on Judicial Ethics.

This manual, from the NY Unified Court System and the NYSBA in collaboration with the NY Dept. of Health and NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, is written to assist lawyers, judges, and public health officials in handling public health disasters and emergencies.

Alphabetical list from the NY Courts.

Casetext enables sophisticated queries including term proximity and keyword boosting. The AI tools are now part of Thomson Reuters' CoCounsel.

Advanced search option allows you to limit by author, title, jurisdiction, and court. How cited tab pulls up articles and opinions that have cited your opinion or law review article. Use "all versions" link to find free versions of articles.

Published decisions of the Court of Appeals, Appellate Division, and lower courts.