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Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in New York.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
Because it covers Manhattan, the Southern District of New York has long been one of the most active and influential federal trial courts in the United States. It often has jurisdiction over America's largest financial institutions and prosecution of white-collar crime and other federal crimes. [ 1 ]
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.
Beaufort Federal Courthouse: Beaufort: 1501 Bay Street: D.S.C. 1994–2015 [50] Built in 1883, formerly used as the County Courthouse; now a museum. [51] n/a John Rutledge House †† [52] Charleston: 116 Broad Street: E.D.S.C. 1866–1868 Built in 1763, now the John Rutledge House Inn. Supreme Court Chief Justice and Governor John Rutledge: U ...
State courts of New York The 1842 courthouse of the New York Court of Appeals in Albany. New York Court of Appeals [233] New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division (4 departments) [234] New York Supreme Court (13 judicial districts) [235] New York County Court (57 courts, one for each county outside New York City) [236] New York Surrogate's Court
Many federal courthouses are named after notable judges, such as the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse in New York City or the Hugo L. Black United States Courthouse in Birmingham. The largest courthouse is the Thomas F. Eagleton United States Courthouse, which serves the Eastern District of Missouri. [5]
The United States District Court for the Western District of New York (in case citations, W.D.N.Y.) is the federal district court whose jurisdiction comprises the western parts of Upstate New York. Appeals are taken to the Second Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which are appealed ...
The District Court for the District of New York convened on November 3, 1789, with Judge James Duane presiding. On April 9, 1814, that original district split into the Northern and Southern Districts of New York; the first federal judge of the District Court for the Northern District of New York was Matthias Burnett Tallmadge.