"The Powers of New York Court of Appeals provides detailed analysis by a veteran appellate lawyer of practice before the New York Court of Appeals. It covers the Court of Appeals' jurisdiction, scope, and development; the finality requirement; appeals as of right; appeals on constitutional grounds; review of nonfinal orders; appeals by permission; limitations on appealability; time limitations; procedural aspects of questions of law; review of appeal; and disposition after the decision. Recent developments covered in this edition include: * An Appellate Division reversal of a Supreme Court order granting a motion to amend a prior final judgment does not finally determine the action within the meaning of the Constitution * Complete revision of scrutiny of jurisdiction by the Court of Appeals * Complete revision of appeals selected by the Court of Appeals for review by alternate procedure In addition, the book discusses every applicable local court rule for appeals to the Court of Appeals and each of the four departments of the appellate division, as well as the statutory requirements for the appeals to the county court from city courts and town and village district courts."--Publisher's website.

From 1932 to 2003, the New York Court of Appeals-the highest court in the state- decided crucial cases pertaining to the social and legal issues of the day. The judges' rulings affected laws regarding motion picture censorship; obscenity, indecency, and immorality; religion; capital punishment; torts; the right to control personal medical care; and abortion. This comprehensive history completes a two volume series that began with The History of the New York Court of Appeals, 1847-1932. Each case is richly recounted and analyzed, detailing the decisions and dissenting opinions. Short biographies are provided for the judges who served during this period, and changes in the selection of judges, as well as the court's jurisdiction, are thoroughly explained. Particular to this volume, the authors provide the legal, social, and political contexts for these cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. They examine the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression; they outline cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality; and they focus on the evolution of the court's opinions regarding statutory interpretation, judicial federalism, censorship, constitutional reform, criminal law and capital punishment, rules of evidence, education, family law, and antitrust and labor law.

Volume contains: 48 NY 527 (Conklin v. Furman) 48 NY 532 (Rector &c of Trinity Ch. v. Higgins) 48 NY 540 (Powers v. Shepard) 48 NY 545 (The Ontario Bk v. Hennessy) 48 NY 556 (Hamil v. Gillispie) 48 NY 561 (Bassell v. Elmore) 48 NY 569 (Killmore v. Howlett) 48 NY 571 (Fernandez v. Great W. Ins. Co.) 48 NY 571 (Fernandez v. N.Y. Mut. Ins. Co.) 48 NY 585 (Leitch v. Wells) 48 NY 614 (Calkins v. Smith) 48 NY 624 (Snow v. Columbian Ins. Co.) 48 NY 631 (Brisbane v. Beebe) 48 NY 686 (Thrall v. Krum) 48 NY 686 (Hoogland v. Trask) 48 NY 687 (Taylor v. Root) 48 NY 688 (Douglas v. Dudley) 48 NY 689 (Pettibone v. Blackmar)