Legal Practice Tools
New York State
New York State specific resources are available here as well:
Online
New York Court of Appeals
HeinOnline (UB Only)
- N.Y. Court of Appeals, Records & Briefs (96 NY2D - 100 NY2D, 1 NY3D - 22 NY3D 61)
- Records and Briefs of Landmark Benjamin Cardozo Opinions, edited by William H Manz, (3 vols.) Records and briefs for the most cited or otherwise significant Cardozo New York Court of Appeals opinions, between 1914 and the Great Depression.
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
- ProQuest Supreme Court Insight (UB only)
1975-present
1832-1978
- Westlaw (Law Students Only)
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)
- Lexis-Nexis (Law Students Only)
Court Records, Briefs and Filings Source
U. S. Supreme Court Briefs (FILE-NAME:BRIEFS) (1936 -present)
U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
- Westlaw (Law Students Only)
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)
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)