Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. has waited a long time to be sworn in as a federal judge, but it is a day he will not forget. Surrounded by family and friends, Judge Geraci took the oath of office Friday ...
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Read More »The public investiture ceremony of newly appointed U.S. District Court Judge Frank P. Geraci Jr. will be at 3 p.m. today at the Kenneth B. Keating Federal Building, 100 State St. Among the scheduled speakers is U.S. Sen. Charles E. ...
Read More »A “Public Access Guide” to local courts, created by the Seventh Judicial District, is now available on the Unified Court System’s website at www.courts.gov/courts/7jd. The guide, according to district Administrative Judge Craig J. Doran, furthers the goal of advancing public ...
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Read More »While filings at the trial level of federal courts declined in the last fiscal year, appellate cases were on the uptick, according to the latest data submitted by federal court officials to the U.S. Judicial Conference. The data covers the ...
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Read More »The killing of a family dog during the execution of a search warrant in Monroe County was not an unconstitutional property seizure in violation of the Fourth Amendment, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit has ruled. The ...
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Read More »ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo is expected in the next few weeks to select a second judge for New York’s highest court from among seven candidates proposed by a state commission. Cuomo recently chose City University of New York law ...
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Read More »The Foundation of the Monroe County Bar will host its third annual Jazz For Justice fundraiser in collaboration with the Eastman School of Music on March 22. The event will run from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Harro East ...
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Read More »Supreme Court Justice Eugene M. Fahey is among seven nominees being recommended to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo for consideration to fill a vacancy on the state Court of Appeals. Fahey, a justice from Buffalo who sits on the Appellate Division, ...
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Read More »The executors of the estates of two Buffalo attorneys killed in a 2009 plane crash in Ohio can proceed in their suit against a training foundation. Erie County Supreme Court Justice Timothy J. Walker has denied a motion by the ...
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Read More »ALBANY — New York’s Assembly has passed for the second time a proposed state constitutional amendment to let judges keep working until they turn 80. The bill would raise the mandatory retirement age from 76 currently for state Supreme Court ...
Read More »Former state Supreme Court Justice David Michael Barry started his judicial career in Greece town court, and now he’s hoping to return to the bench. Justice Barry, who was defeated last November in a bid for a second 14-year term ...
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Read More »WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday struggled with what one of the justices called its most important criminal procedure case in decades, whether to let police take DNA without a warrant from those arrested in hopes of using ...
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