The Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court is the intermediate appellate court in the U.S. state of New York. The Appellate Division hears appeals from the New York Supreme Court, which is the state's general trial court; decisions by the Appellate Division are in turn appealed to the state's highest court, the New York Court of Appeals. The Appellate Division is composed of four departments; the full title of the "Fourth Department," for example, is New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Fourth Department. New York County Supreme Court building at 60 Centre Street, from across Foley Square The Supreme Court of the State of New York is one of several New York State trial courts in which cases originate. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Appeal. ... A U.S. state is any one of the 50 states (four of which officially favor the term commonwealth) which, together with the District of Columbia, form the United States of America. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Categories: Stub | New York state courts | State supreme courts ...

As intermediate appellate courts, each department develops its own jurisprudence, which can conflict with the case law of other departments (much like the separate United States Courts of Appeals can develop inconsistent case law). These conflicts can only be finally resolved by a decision on the issue by the New York Court of Appeals. While appellate departments can be persuaded by the decisions of their sister appellate departments, such decisions are not binding authority from one department to another—a decision of an appellate department is binding only on that department and the lower courts within it. Jurisprudence is the scientific and historic study of law, inclusive of: Legal history, including legal historiography and hermeneutics; Legal philosophy; Legal science, e. ... The United States Courts of Appeals (or circuit courts) are the mid-level appellate courts of the United States federal court system. ...

New York's rules of civil procedure allow for interlocutory appeals, meaning that most trial court decisions may be appealed to the appropriate appellate department while the case is still pending in the trial court. In contrast, the federal court system prohibits interlocutory appeals in the vast majority of instances, meaning that a case must be fully concluded before any appealable issues can be raised before the appropriate federal appellate court. As a result, appellate department dockets are busy ones. Different issues in the same case may be heard on appeal time and time again before the case is even tried in the lower court. Civil procedure is the written set of rules that sets out the process that courts will follow when hearing cases of a civil nature (a civil action). These rules explain how a lawsuit must be commenced, what kind of service of process is required, the types of pleadings, motions, and...

The First Department (seated in Manhattan) covers only The Bronx and Manhattan (known formally in the court system as Bronx and New York Counties, respectively). The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of New York City in the United States. ... Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ...

The Second Department (seated in Brooklyn) oversees the supreme courts of the remaining boroughs of New York City--that is, Queens (Queens County), Brooklyn (Kings County), and Staten Island (Richmond County), as well as the remainder of Long Island (Nassau County and Suffolk County) and the New York City suburbs in Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, and Westchester Counties. A map highlighting Brooklyn and the rest of New York City. ... A borough is a political division originally used in England. ... Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the most populous city in the United States, and is at the center of international finance, politics, entertainment, and culture. ... Queens Borough in New York City Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ... Staten Island, shown in an enhanced satellite image Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, located on an island of the same name on the west side of the Narrows at the entrance of New York Harbor. ... Image of Long Island taken by NASA. Long Island, New York is an island off the North American coast, some 118 miles (190 km) long, and from 12 to 20 miles (32 km) wide, extending from New York Harbor into the North Atlantic Ocean. ... Location in the state of New York Formed 1899 Seat Mineola Area  - Total  - Water 1,173 km² (453 mi²) 431 km² (166 mi²) 36. ... For other places named Suffolk, see Suffolk (disambiguation). ...

The Third Department (seated in Albany) includes an area extending from the territory of the Second Department north to New York's borders with Vermont and Quebec, and includes the cities of Albany and Binghamton. This territory extends nearly as far west as Syracuse. New York State Capitol Building, completed in 1899 at a cost of $25 million was the most expensive government building of its time. ... State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Official languages None Area 24,923 km² (45th)  - Land 23,974 km²  - Water 949 km² (3. ... Beginning in 1963, a terrorist group that became known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices and at least two murders by FLQ gunfire and three violent deaths by bombings. ... Binghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. ... Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ...

The Fourth Department (seated in Rochester) covers the remainder of the state (west of the Third Department's territory), and includes the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, and Syracuse. Rochester, also known as both The Flower City, and The Flour City, is a city in Monroe County, New York, United States. ... Aerial view of downtown Buffalo, New York Buffalo, also known as The Queen City, The Nickel City, and the City of Good Neighbors, is an American city in western New York. ...