Federal Judiciary

LexPress: MetroCard Law

Posted on November 19, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 11-19-2008As the State Senate scrambles to set up leadership, a murder suspect receives crucial support from 21st Century transit technology.

Six-Foot Deep Pocket

Posted on November 18, 2008
By Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.comPosted: 11-18-08 New York County Justice Barbara R. Kapnick drew an unusually sharp rebuke from the Appellate Division for her role in keeping alive a prison inmate’s lawsuit against a lawyer who died before he was sued...

LexPress: Rescinding Rebates

Posted on November 18, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-18-08 A former Staten Island judge helps prepare a lawsuit seeking to prevent Mayor Bloomberg from rescinding $400 property tax rebate checks for Staten Islanders.

LexPress: Bad Mother Syndrome

Posted on November 17, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-17-08 The New York Times wonders whether a judge sentenced Nixzmary Brown's mom to 17 years more prison time than her husband for failing her "duty to be a good mother."

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LexPress: Judge Suit Denied

Posted on November 14, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-14-08 The Appellate Division dismisses a lawsuit filed by State judges seeking to force a judicial pay raise.

LexPress: Problem Child

Posted on November 13, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-13-08Newly elected 32-year-old Edinburg Town Court Justice Brian Kedik faces four felony charges.

Senate Shuffle

Posted on November 12, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 11-12-2008The election changed the State Senate. That means change for the Judiciary Committee. And that could mean change for the bench. 

BUNGLED BURGLARY TRIALBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com

Posted on November 12, 2008
BUNGLED BURGLARY TRIALBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 11-12-08New York County Justice Edward J. McLaughlin has scuttled yet another criminal conviction by winging it on jury instructions.McLaughlin has a long and storied history of veering away from standard instructions when describing the elements of crimes, burdens of proof and other legal concepts to juries about to begin deliberations...

LexPress: Many People v. Bloomberg

Posted on November 12, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-12-08 A group of 24 plaintiffs, including Congressman Guy Molinari, file suit in Brooklyn Federal Court alleging the change to the City's term limits law was illegal.

LexPress: Independence and Encroachment

Posted on November 10, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-10-08 Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Ambrecht is censured for impropriety, while another charge leveled against him is dropped. The imbroglio causes a new member of the Commission on Judicial Conduct to accuse the panel of "encroaching on the independence of the judiciary...

LexPress: Liquid Lunch

Posted on November 07, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-07-08An investigative news program allegedly catches court employees imbibing on break. Meanwhile, Eliot Spitzer dodges the last bullet. 

LexPress: "A Lyndon Johnson Landslide"

Posted on November 06, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-06-08 More on the three Appellate Division Republican judges who lost bids for re-election. And in other news, Dan Rather fights for access to thousands of documents. 

Heir Unapparent

Posted on November 05, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-05-08The departure of Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye might herald significant change — but not in the ways that you  might think. 

MORE PROXIMATE THAN NOTBy Mark

Posted on November 05, 2008
MORE PROXIMATE THAN NOTBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.com Posted 11-05-08Court of Claims Justice Faviola A. Soto was reversed for jumping to the conclusion that Barbara Lapidus had only herself to blame for the fact that she was locked up for more than six years in prison when she was supposed to have served just a one-year term...

Incumbent Shock

Posted on November 05, 2008
By Mark Lagerkvistmark@lagerkvist.netPosted 11-05-08In the wake of an investigation by Judicial Reports, an Albany-area Justice is voted out of office. 

2008 Judicial Election Results

Posted on November 05, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 11-05-2008 The Board of Elections just released preliminary election results from New York races. These unofficial results give a fascinating picture of the evolving electoral make-up of the city. Winners are listed first, followed by the unofficial party breakdown.

LexPress: Judge Race Results

Posted on November 05, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 11-05-08 Eastern District  Judge Jack Weinstein excludes dismemberment evidence from a death penalty trial. In other news, Judge Judith McMahon wins the first ever seat in Staten Island's new 13th Judicial District...

LexPress: The 544 Million Dollar Baby

Posted on November 04, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 11-04-2008As polls open around the City, a Federal Judge calculates the price-tag of an investment fraud at AIG. (And it ain't cheap.)

LexPress: Reversals of Fortune

Posted on November 03, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-03-08 The Appellate Division reverses a lower court and allows a woman wrongly imprisoned due to a Court Clerk's error to sue the State for negligence. In other news, a Federal Judge halts Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to tighten fuel efficiency standards for City cabs.

The Battle for Staten Island

Posted on November 01, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 11-01-2008Staten Island is the most Republican of New York City's boroughs. But fundraising by the Democrat for it's new Judicial District might make that meaningless on election day.

Rube Goldberg Rules

Posted on October 31, 2008
By Mark Lagerkvistmark@lagerkvist.netPosted 10-31-08Due to the absurdity and illogic of New York's judicial campaign finance rules, even the best of candidates can appear conflicted. Second in an occasional series.

LexPress: Bar Shrugs Off Surrogate Probe

Posted on October 31, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-31-08The City Bar endorses Nora Anderson for Manhattan Surrogate's Court. In other news, a Southern District judge halts the transfer in hundreds of millions of U.S. investments held by Argentine pension funds...

LexPress: Sentence By Numbers

Posted on October 30, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-30-08 A report by the U.S. Sentencing Commission breaks down how federal courts in New York have statistically handled the resentencing of crack-cocaine offenders.

The System Is the Crime

Posted on October 29, 2008
By Mark Lagerkvistmark@lagerkvist.netPosted: 10-29-08Judicial campaign committees around Albany are raising funds from law firms with business pending before the judge — and one firm is particularly generous.

GOING ROGUEBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.comPosted

Posted on October 29, 2008
GOING ROGUEBy Mark Thompsonmarkthomp@yahoo.comPosted 10-29-08 Queens County Supreme Court Justice Duane Hart isn’t hesitant to dismiss lawsuits that, in his opinion, have no merit. The Appellate Division recently reversed him, for the third time this year, for kicking a case out of court before the plaintiffs knew what hit them...

LexPress: "Intolerable Behavior"

Posted on October 29, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-29-08The Court of Appeals removes Fulton County Family Court judge David Jung from office.

LexPress: Evidence and Prejudice

Posted on October 28, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-29-08The Second Circuit overturns a decision by a California judge (sitting by designation in the Southern District) that had vacated conspiracy charges in a drug trafficking case.

LexPress: Allegations of Impropriety

Posted on October 27, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-27-08The Manhattan DA's office looks into improprieties in the primary campaign victory of Manhattan Surrogate's Court candidate Nora Anderson.

LexPress: LaBombardment

Posted on October 24, 2008
By Jesse Sunenblickjsunenblick@judicialstudies.comPosted: 10-24-08Second Circuit Chief Judge Dennis Jacobs defends his position on pro bono work, amid a widening spat with a California law school dean. In other news, Ellenburg Town Court Justice Dennis LaBombard is removed from office by the Court of Appeals.

Expose Wins Day in Court

Posted on October 23, 2008
By Jason Boogjasonboog@judicialstudies.comPosted 10-23-2008  A probe by Judicial Reports finally ends a couple's long legal odyssey.

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