New York state's equivalent to the US Supreme Court is called the New York State Court of Appeals. For some reason, New York has designated their trial courts as supreme courts.
The leader of the seven-judge Court is referred to as the Chief Judge.
As of March, 2010, the Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals is Jonathan Lippman.
The New York State Court of Appeals is the highest court in the New York judiciary. The current Chief Judge (as of March 2010) is Jonathan Lippman.
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The highest court in New York is the New York State Court of Appeals, which is the state equivalent of the US Supreme Court. New York state uses the term "supreme court" to reference its trial courts.The Chief Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals is Jonathan Lippman.
For the Virginia STATE Court of Appeals it is Cynthia L. McCoy.
Supreme Court Justices, Associate Justices of the Supreme Court -- although, the head of the courts are called:The US Supreme Court - Chief Justice of the United States (since 1866 when it was changed from Chief Justice of the Supreme Court).The various state Supreme Courts - Chief Justice of the State of (state name).But, not all states call their highest court the "Supreme Court." Some use "Court of Appeals," "Superior Court," "Supreme Judicial Court," and Texas and Oklahoma divide criminal and civil supreme courts by calling them (respectively) The Court of Criminal Appeals and The Supreme Court. Nomenclature will follow the trends in the individual states.
Currently there are 20 female chief justices and 30 male chief justices. There are a few factors that might cause a slight difference in the answers such as state(s) that currently have a temporary chief justice or states that use a different court such as the court of appeals as their highest court. Or like NY that has a supreme court for each district. In any case the answer is whoever holds the highest judicial position for their state.
Court of Appeals
The criminal court of appeals is the highest state court. Judges are elected for the position in the state courts of appeal.
Yes. The law is still "on the books" and enforceable - UNLESS the Federal Judge "stayed" its application until such time as the appeals process was decided.
Circuit Court - Court of Appeals - State Supreme Court.
No. The State Court of Appeals is a superior court to that of a village court.
The Court of Special Appeals
appeals and jurisdiction
For state prosecuted offenses: Circuit (or District) Court > Court of Appeals > State Supreme Court (and if a Constitutional question is involved) > US District Court > US Court of Appeals > US Supreme Court.