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Because of its age, being the oldest federal court in the history of the United States, [2] [3] great influence, described as "the preeminent trial court in the nation", [4] and its strong independence, [5] it is colloquially called the "Mother Court", [6] or the "Sovereign District of New York."
In November 2016, another putative class action relating to PACER was filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. [29] The plaintiff there claims that PACER fails to provide its users with free access to "judicial opinions," in violation of PACER's contracts with its users as well as the E-Government Act of 2002.
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (in case citations, E.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose territorial jurisdiction spans five counties in New York State: the four Long Island counties of Nassau, Suffolk, Kings (Brooklyn), and Queens, as well as Richmond (Staten Island), the latter three being among New York City's five boroughs.
The 7th District originally was the south Queens seat in the 1960s and 1970s (now the 6th District) and then became a central Queens seat (essentially the old 8th district) in the 1980s. Following the 1992 remap, much of the old 9th District was added.
[54] [55] The fees were "plowed back to the courts to finance technology, but the system [ran] a budget surplus of some $150 million, according to court reports," reported The New York Times. [54] PACER used technology that was "designed in the bygone days of screechy telephone modems ... putting the nation's legal system behind a wall of cash ...
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A federal civil rights lawsuit against the district and school officials was filed in 2021, alleging a violation of her F Appeals court hears challenge of Illinois teacher’s firing for Facebook ...
The New York State Court of Appeals is the state's highest court. In civil cases, appeals are taken almost exclusively from decisions of the Appellate Divisions. In criminal cases, depending on the type of case and the part of the state in which it arose, appeals can be heard from decisions of the Appellate Division, the Appellate Term, and the County Court.