Subject index to decisions and confidential reports, [ca. 1900-1947].

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Subject index to decisions and confidential reports, [ca. 1900-1947].

This index analyzes decisions of the Court of Appeals by legal topic and sub-topic (from "Accounting" to "Workmen's Compensation"). The index is in the form of 4 by 6 inch typewritten cards. The card index may have been compiled as a general subject index to Court of Appeals decisions.

5.5 cu. ft. (ca. 17,000 index cards)

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SNAC Resource ID: 6788939

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New York (State). Court of Appeals

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CURRENT FUNCTIONS. The court of appeals is New York State's highest court and court of last resort with appellate jurisdiction only. It hears cases on appeal from other appellate courts and sometimes from trial courts. Its review is generally limited to questions of law; in capital cases it may rule on both law and fact. The court of appeals also reviews determinations of the Commission on Judicial Conduct. ORGANIZATIONAL HISTORY. Under British colonial rule, appeals fro...