Federal Judiciary

Conservatives in Crossfire

Posted on March 05, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 03-05-08 For years Nassau and Suffolk Counties have been Republican red islands surrounded by a New York City sea of Democratic blue. Although the dynamic has given the Conservative Party outsize power when it comes to judge-picking, now that might all be changing.

LexPress: Jumping Off Point

Posted on March 05, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 03-05-08 Criminal charges are reinstated against skydiver Jeb Corliss, for his attempted jump from the Empire State Building. In other news, The Village Voice chats up city attorneys about the questionable strategy of prosecutors in the Sean Bell case.

Nassau/Suffolk Counties Election 2008 Fact Sheet

Posted on March 05, 2008
Tenth Judicial District: Nassau/SuffolkSupreme Court Positions Authorized By Election Law Within Judicial District: 47Number of Assembly Districts Within Judicial District: 21 Incumbent Supreme Court JusticesRobert A. LifsonKenneth A. Davis Supreme Court Justices Reaching Age LimitPeter Fox CohalanWilliam J...

New York County Election 2008 Fact Sheet

Posted on March 05, 2008
First Judicial District: New York CountySupreme Court Positions Authorized By Election Law Within Judicial District: 38Number of Assembly Districts Within Judicial District: 12 Incumbent Supreme Court JusticesMartin SchoenfeldMarcy L. KahnSupreme Court Justices Reaching Age LimitLouis B...

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Richmond County Election 2008 Fact Sheet

Posted on March 05, 2008
 Second Judicial District: Richmond CountySupreme Court Positions Authorized By Election Law Within Judicial District: 52Number of Assembly Districts Within Judicial District: 24 Incumbent Supreme Court JusticesAriel BelenPlummer E. LottMarsha L...

LexPress: Capital Calculus Questions, Pt. II

Posted on March 04, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 03-04-08 More about the quiet mutiny among Brooklyn federal judges opposed to the glut of expensive and unrealistic capital cases. In other news, the horrific story of a man drugged and cavity-searched by Albany Sheriff's Department investigators.

Kings County Election 2008 Fact Sheet

Posted on March 04, 2008
Second Judicial District: Kings and Richmond CountySupreme Court Positions Authorized By Election Law: 52Number of Assembly Districts Within Judicial District: 24 Incumbent Supreme Court JusticesAriel Belen Plummer E. Lott Marsha L. Steinhardt John M...

LexPress: To Plea, Or Not To Plea

Posted on March 03, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 03-03-08 The New York Law Journal offers a comparison of two judges' treatment of recent plea bargains. In other news, the Court of Appeals will hear entreaties from former Tyco executives Dennis Kozlowski and Mark Swartz.

LexPress: Second Crack at Sentences

Posted on February 29, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-29-08Federal judges get a jump on identifying crack defendants who may qualify for sentence reductions — not that the U.S. Attorney's Office necessarily plans on cooperating.

LexPress: Sending a Message

Posted on February 28, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-28-08The judge in the Bernard Kerik corruption case reiterates his order banning Kerik's former attorney, Kenneth Breen. In other news, noting the tension between the NYPD and school administrators, a Criminal Court Judge dismisses charges against a high school principal who intervened in a student's arrest.

SPINAL MANTRABy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on February 27, 2008
SPINAL MANTRABy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 02-27-08The Appellate Division’s Second Department called two more judges onto the carpet last week for a lesson about the state’s no-fault auto insurance law. They joined a list of approximately two dozen other judges who have been overturned by Second Department appellate panels in the past year for setting the “serious injury” threshold too low for lawsuits attempting to get past the state’s no-fault law and into court...

When Judge Is Jury

Posted on February 27, 2008
By Leah Nelsonlnelson@judicialstudies.comPosted 02-27-08Supreme Court Justice Arthur Cooperman is reputedly tough on defendants. He's also shown no reluctance to lock up convicted cops. So why did the cop defendants in the Sean Bell shooting trial opt out of a jury and in favor of a bench trial? 

LexPress: To Catch A Network

Posted on February 27, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-27-08 Southern District Judge Denny Chin allows a lawsuit against NBC and its controversial program "To Catch a Predator" to go forward. In other news, the City of New York settles a lawsuit stemming from a dark chapter in its employment history...

LexPress: The Gay Divorcee(s)

Posted on February 26, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 02-26-08 A Manhattan judge rules in favor of same-sex divorce. In other news, The New York Times blogs from day one of the Sean Bell murder trial.

LexPress: Losing Home Law

Posted on February 25, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted: 2-25-2008 As the Commission on Judicial Conduct searches for a leader, presumptive GOP Presidential nominee John McCain battles conservative fears about his judge-picking instincts. 

LexPress: Drain-O

Posted on February 22, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-22-08 The employee-friendly judge in the Delphi Corporation bankruptcy case slices a corporate compensation package. 

LexPress: Katzmann's Message

Posted on February 21, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.com Posted: 02-21-08 A Second Circuit judge criticizes the "disturbing pattern of ineffectiveness" among immigration attorneys. In other news, a Bronx slumlord is sent to jail for repeated housing code violations.

The Price of Admission

Posted on February 20, 2008
By Leah Nelson lnelson@judicialstudies.comPosted 02-20-08 Increasing evidence of wrongful convictions is focusing attention on new corners of the criminal justice system. One area is confessions. How should judges weigh competing claims about the viability of such admissions?

MIRANDA RARITYBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on February 20, 2008
MIRANDA RARITYBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 02-20-08 Justice James A. Yates allowed prosecutors to use a confession that, according to the Appellate Division, was extracted by a detective from Rufus Graham in violation of his Miranda rights...

LexPress: Expletive Deleted

Posted on February 20, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-20-08 Attorneys rally against a Spitzer plan to assume control of a board that divvies up $25 million in state funds to indigent defense services. In other news, the Commission on Judicial Conduct censures a Fulton County Family Court judge.

LexPress: Phillips' Sad Saga

Posted on February 19, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-19-08 Former Civil Court Judge John L. Phillips, whose assets were seemingly depleted by court-appointed guardians, has died. In other news, two federal judges allow employment discrimination suits to go forward.

LexPress: Detention Attention

Posted on February 15, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-15-08 The Second Circuit seems unwilling to let FBI director Robert Mueller or former Attorney General John Ashcroft be held personally responsible for the "crude," if not unconstitutional, detention of illegal Muslim immigrants after 9/11.

LexPress: Friends and Enemies

Posted on February 14, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-14-09 A judge rules that contact via MySpace qualifies as breaking an order of protection. In other news, Eastern District Judge John Gleeson assails federal sentencing rules in a speech...

GOLDEN SOMBREROBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on February 13, 2008
GOLDEN SOMBREROBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 02-13-08 February 5th wasn’t such a super Tuesday for Kings County Justice Francois A. Rivera. He was reversed by the Appellate Division four times on that day in a diverse array of cases...

The Color of Judge Money

Posted on February 13, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 02-13-08Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has sent New York Supreme Court incumbents and aspirants back to our local carnival of judicial selection, the time has come to start following the money again. And there's a lot of following to do.

LexPress: School Daze

Posted on February 13, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-13-08 A New York City school desegregation law is challenged. In other news, as the date approaches for 20,000 crack offenders to qualify for early release, the debate reaches a Senate subcommittee...

LexPress: Favors and Funds

Posted on February 12, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-12-08 A Brooklyn judge repays a campaign donor by giving his son a court attorney job, according to the tabloids.

LexPress: Thanks But No Thanks

Posted on February 11, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-11-08 Four judicial groups refuse to endorse a resolution urging "unwavering support" for the various players in the judicial pay raise standoff. In other news, the resentencing of crack convicts in Albany and Rochester hits a snag.

LexPress: Fear of Exposure

Posted on February 08, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-08-08 The Court of Appeals invalidates the state's six-month damages cap for people seemingly exposed to the AIDS virus. In other news, the City of Rochester was right to bankroll the tab for a now-defunct high speed ferry.

LexPress: Phones and Loans

Posted on February 07, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 02-07-08A state Supreme Court justice rules against a lender in a decision that hinges upon New York's new predatory lending law. Meanwhile, New York parents are fighting to keep cellphones in the school.

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