Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

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New York State court court of law intermediate appellate court

The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York is the state's intermediate appellate court, organized into four judicial departments that review civil and criminal decisions from lower courts.

Aliases (14)

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York State court → court of law → intermediate appellate court →
alsoKnownAs	New York Appellate Division →
appealFrom	County Courts of New York → Court of Claims of New York → Family Courts of New York → Supreme Court of the State of New York → Surrogate's Courts of New York →
appliesToJurisdiction	State of New York →
appointingAuthorityForJustices	Governor of New York →
canIssue	judgments → orders → written opinions →
constitutionalBasis	Article VI of the New York Constitution →
country	United States →
courtType	intermediate appellate court →
establishedBy	New York State Constitution →
hasPart	Appellate Division, First Department → Appellate Division, Fourth Department → Appellate Division, Second Department → Appellate Division, Third Department →
hasPosition	Associate Justice → Presiding Justice →
hasPower	admit attorneys to the bar → promulgate court rules within its department → regulate attorney discipline → review discretionary determinations → review questions of fact in some cases → review questions of law →
hearsAppealsBy	panel of justices →
higherCourt	New York Court of Appeals →
isBindingOn	Supreme Court trial terms within its department → lower courts within its department →
justicesSelectedFrom	elected justices of the Supreme Court of the State of New York →
language	English →
legalSystem	common law →
levelInJudicialHierarchy	intermediate →
numberOfDepartments	4 →
parentOrganization	Supreme Court of the State of New York →
partOf	New York State Unified Court System →
reviews	administrative agency determinations → civil cases → criminal cases → decisions of certain lower courts → judgments of the Supreme Court of the State of New York → orders of the Supreme Court of the State of New York →
shortName	Appellate Division →

Referenced by (28)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ("Appellate Division, First Department") → Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ("Appellate Division, Second Department") → Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ("Appellate Division, Third Department") → Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ("Appellate Division, Fourth Department") → New York State Judiciary ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") → New York State Judiciary ("Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") →	hasPart
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") → New York County Courts ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department") → New York Family Court ("New York Supreme Court Appellate Division") → New York Surrogate's Court ("New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division") →	appealsTo
New York Supreme Court ("Appellate Division, First Department") → New York Supreme Court ("Appellate Division, Second Department") → New York Supreme Court ("Appellate Division, Third Department") → New York Supreme Court ("Appellate Division, Fourth Department") →	hasIntermediateAppellateBody
New York City Criminal Court ("New York Supreme Court, Appellate Term (First Department)") → New York City courts ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") → New York Court of Claims ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") →	hearsAppealsTo
Article VI of the New York Constitution ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court as an intermediate appellate court") → New York State Constitution →	establishes
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ("New York Appellate Division") →	alsoKnownAs
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") →	below
New York Supreme Court ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") →	hasAppellateDivision
Government of the State of New York ("New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division") →	intermediateAppellateCourt
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") →	judgesAppointedBy
Sup Ct ("New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division") →	refersToCourtWithDivisions
Appellate Term of the Supreme Court ("Second Judicial Department of New York") →	regionServed
Article VI of the New York Constitution ("Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York") →	regulates
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York ("Appellate Division") →	shortName