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The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court is the intermediate court in New York State. The Court of Appeals is the highest court. The Supreme Court is actually the trial court.

Leave it to New York Lawyers to be so backwards-assed.



To needlessly clarify, all states have their own appellate and supreme courts which are not to be confused with Federal appellate courts (the "#th" Circuits) and thee Supreme Court.

The federal version of the trial court is called U.S. District Court and its branches per state depend on population (e.g. Oregon =1, Washington =2, California =4, etc.)

However, calling your state's trial court "supreme" is pretty stupid. For instance, Oregon's trial court is "Circuit", California's is "Superior" (and "Municipal" for smaller stuff), Idaho's is "Judicial District", etc.

Here's a handy interactive map that demonstrates the confusing nature of our country's court system (with each district's pleading formatting rules being different*):

http://www.uscourts.gov/courtlinks

*-e.g., local line numbering rules: California = 28, Washington & Oregon = 26, Idaho and Utah = none. Yes, my job involves obsessing about this shit...


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