In Part 1 of this series, we looked at the first 4 months of Rowan Wilson’s tenure as New York’s Chief Judge and saw a 45% increase in total appeals calendared over the corresponding period the previous year. In Part 2, we saw
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Vincent Martin Bonventre, the Justice Robert H. Jackson Distinguished Professor at Albany Law School, inaugurated New York Court Watcher in May 2008. Court observer Bonventre offers research and commentary on the United States Supreme Court, the New York Court of Appeals, and other federal and state courts on a wide range of public law issues.
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Being Chief Judge with Rowan Wilson and Jonathan Lippman
The Eminence and Experience–and Exhaustion–of Being New York’s Chief JudgeThe 14th Annual Chief Judge Lawrence H. Cooke SymposiumAlbany Law School, April 25, 2024
Part 3, More on Criminal Appeals–NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
In Part 1 of this series, we saw that the number of cases calendared for a hearing at the Court of Appeals in the first 4 months since Rowan Wilson became New York’s Chief Judge increased significantly. A 45% increase…
Being Chief Judge with Rowan Wilson and Jonathan Lippman, April 25
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NYCOA: Takeaways from the New Redistricting Decision
This past week, New York’s highest court, in a 4-3 decision in Matter of Hoffman v. NYS Independent Redistricting Commission, ordered the state’s bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to reconvene and to redraw the state’s congressional districts. There’s much to…
Part 2, Criminal Appeals–NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
We previously looked at the increase in cases being heard at New York’s highest court since Rowan Wilson was elevated to Chief Judge this past April and, more specifically, since he began producing the Court’s calendars starting with this September’s.…
Why I Loved Sandra Day O’Connor
Source: Annenberg Public Policy CenterWe learned last week that she had passed away. We knew it was coming. We knew she was quite ill and that the Justice O’Connor we knew had already left us. But we are, nevertheless, newly aggrieved…
NYCOA: The Wilson Uptick
Yikes! It’s been a few months. First, it was severe neck trauma that kept me totally out of commission for a while, and since then it’s been zealously catching up on delayed deadlines and postponed commitments. Now, for better or…
(Part 6) More NY Chief Judge Wilson’s Majority Opinions in Divided Cases
In Part 5, we looked at a couple of majority opinions then-Judge Rowan Wilson had authored in divided criminal cases. Now we’ll take a look at a couple of his majorities in divided civil cases.Credit: Hans Pennink, APWe previously saw,…
(Part 5) NY Chief Judge Wilson’s Majority Opinions in Divided Cases
It is vital that we restore the Courtto its position of national preeminence.–Chief Judge Rowan D. Wilson, Opening RemarksSenate Confirmation Hearing, April 17, 2023 At Columbia Law SchoolIn previous posts in this series, we reviewed Rowan Wilson’s eventual selection to sit…