Official New York State
Court Decisions Online
"New York decisions shall be cited from the official reports" (CPLR 5529 [e]).
Under the direction of the State Reporter, the New York State Law Reporting Bureau is the editor and publisher of the Official Reports of New York State Court Decisions—the New York Reports, the Appellate Division Reports, and the Miscellaneous Reports.
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The Law Reporting Bureau publishes in the New York Official Reports all state appellate court decisions, selected state trial court decisions, and Court of Appeals motion decisions. This website provides free access to Official Reports materials via two services: The New York Slip Opinion Service and the New York Official Reports Service. Official Reports bound volumes beginning in 1999 are also available in PDF format.
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The New York Official Reports are the official and permanent record of the decisions and proceedings of the New York State Unified Court System. By statute—CPLR 5529 (e)—attorneys are required to cite all New York court decisions from the Official Reports in briefs, memoranda, and papers submitted to the New York courts.
The Official Reports are professionally edited and prepared for publication by the New York State Law Reporting Bureau, which is the largest official reporter of court decisions in the United States serving the largest court system in the Nation. The Law Reporting Bureau is established by article 14 of the Judiciary Law.
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