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Last Updated: Jun 13, 2025 3:39 PM

New York State

New York State specific resources are available here as well: 


Online

New York Court of Appeals

HeinOnline (UB Only)

Westlaw (Law Students Only)

  • New York Briefs Multibase (NY-BRIEF-ALL) (selected, 1992+ for the Court of Appeals and 1995+ for the Appellate Division)
  • New York Criminal Briefs & Petitions Multibase (NY-CRBRIEF-ALL)(selected, 1992+ for the Court of Appeals and 1997+ for the Appellate Division)
  • New York Court of Appeals Briefs (NY-COA-BRIEF) (selected, 1993+)

Court Pass (NYS Courts)

  • The Court of Appeals Public Access and Search System (Court-PASS) provides free access to Court of Appeals materials for appeals, certified questions and judicial conduct matters pending on or filed after January 1, 2013. 
    •     Briefs, records or appendices
    •     Videos of oral arguments
    •     Transcripts of oral arguments
    •     Court decisions

LLMC Digital (UB only)

  • Court of Appeals Reports, Records & Briefs (1847-1956)


New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

Westlaw (Law Students Only)

  • New York Briefs Multibase (NY-BRIEF-ALL) (selected, 1992+ for the Court of Appeals and 1995+ for the Appellate Division)
  • New York Criminal Briefs & Petitions Multibase (NY-CRBRIEF-ALL)(selected, 1992+ for the Court of Appeals and 1997+ for the Appellate Division)
  • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Briefs (NY-APP-BRIEF)(selected, 1995+)
  • New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division Criminal Briefs (NY-APP-CRBRIEF)(selected, 1997+)

We have older materials available on microfiche. Please contact the Law Library to access these materials.
For detailed holdings search the UB Libraries Online Catalog, by TITLE: “records and briefs”.

New York Court of Appeals US/N7 006.7 N3 

  • 241 NY (incomplete)
  • 257 NY (incomplete) 
  • 259-266  NY (incomplete)(Microfiche) 
  • 266-309 NY (Microfilm)
  • 1-83 NY2d (Microfilm)
  • 83-100 NY2d
  • 1-7+ NY3d (Microfiche)

New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division

  • 1st-4th Dept., 1975-1984 (40 AD2d to 99 AD2d)(Microfilm) US/N7 006.7 N4 (Annex)
  • NOTE: 1st - 4th Dept., 100 AD2d+ Supreme Court Library (See Box below)

Records & Briefs at the Supreme Court Law Library, Downtown Buffalo

Supreme Court Library: https://ww2.nycourts.gov/library/buffalo/index.shtml

77 West Eagle Street
Buffalo, New York 14202
716- 845-9400
 

List of Records & Briefs in Collection

 


Other Collections

 

Federal

Online

U.S. Supreme Court

1975-present

1832-1978

U.S. Supreme Court Briefs (SCT-BRIEF) (1930-present)
United States Supreme Court Criminal Briefs (SCT-CRBRIEF)
Merits briefs: begins with 1990 - 91 Term
Amicus briefs: begins with 1995 - 96 Term
Petition for Writ of Certiorari to the US Supreme Court (SCT-PETITION) (selected, 1985+)
United States Supreme Court Criminal Petitions (SCT-CRPETITION)( Selected, 1990+ for granted petitions and 1995+ for denied petitions)
United States Supreme Court Briefs Multibase (SCT-BRIEF-ALL) (Selected 1990+ for granted petitions and 1995+ for denied petitions.)
United States Supreme Court Criminal Briefs & Petitions (SCT-CRBRIEF-ALL) (selected,1870+)
United States Supreme Court Joint Appendices (SCT-JA) (selected, current data)

Court Records, Briefs and Filings Source
U. S. Supreme Court Briefs (FILE-NAME:BRIEFS) (1936 -present)

 

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Briefs (CTA2-BRIEF) (selected,1994-present)
US Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit Criminal Briefs (CTA2-CRBRIEF)(1981-present)

 


We have older materials available on microfiche. Please contact the Law Library to access these materials.

U.S. Supreme Court, Appellate Case Files of the Supreme Court
2 Dallas-8 Peters, 1793-1834 (Microfilm) 

U.S. Supreme Court 

KF101.9 .R43
Note: volumes refer to US (United States Reports)

MicFilm | US 006 A35  (ANNEX)
                 1832-1880; v.104 (1881)-v.241 (1915)

MicCard | US 006 A35  (ANNEX)
               v.305 (1938)-v.316 (1941); v.320 (1943)-v.388 (1966); v.393 (1968)-v.395 (1968)

MicFiche | US 006 A35 (ANNEX)
               v.242 (1916)-v.319 (1942); v.323:no.22 (1944); v.365 (1960); v.367 (1960); 
                v.370 (1961); v.381 (1964)-v.384 (1965); v.387 (1966); v.389 (1967)-v.393 (1968);
                v.396 (1969)-v.418 (1973); Docket# 72-712 to 78-6932 (1972-1978)

MicFiche | KF101.9 .R43  (LAW KOREN AV CENTER)

Docket #  79-1 to 13-6440 (1979-2013+)

Docket # 79-1 to 79-599 (79/80)- Cabinet #11
Docket # 79-600-(79/80) to 92-1040 - Cabinet #40
Docket # 92-1042 (92/93) to 95-604 (95/96) - Cabinet #35
Docket # 95-605 (95/96) to 13-6440 (13/14) and ongoing -Cab #11

U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit

1977-2004/05+ (filed by docket #) (Microfiche)