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"New York decisions shall be cited from the official reports" (CPLR 5529 [e]).

Welcome to the New York Official Reports Web site, presented by the New York State Law Reporting Bureau.

The Law Reporting Bureau is the New York State agency responsible for publishing the decisions of the New York courts in the Official Reports.

This site provides access to a comprehensive collection of officially published New York court decisions from January 1, 1993 to the present. For the period of coverage, all decisions of the Court of Appeals and the Appellate Division, as well as selected opinions of the lower courts, are included. Motion decisions of the appellate courts also are available.

Other helpful resources, including the Official Reports Style Manual, and useful information about the Law Reporting Bureau, its publications and its operations also are provided.

Most Recent Decisions
Nov. 19, 2009 - Court of Appeals
Nov. 19, 2009 - App Div, 1st Dept
Nov. 20, 2009 - App Div, 2nd Dept
Nov. 19, 2009 - App Div, 3rd Dept
Nov. 20, 2009 - App Div, 4th Dept
Nov. 19, 2009 - App Term, 1st Dept
Nov. 19, 2009 - App Term, 2nd Dept
Nov. 20, 2009 - Other Courts
What's New
-    The 2009 Supplement to the 2007 New York Law Reports Style Manual is now available in both HTML and PDF formats. Effective November 2009.

-    Rules of Professional Conduct (effective April 1, 2009) citation styles are now available in the New York Law Reports Style Manual in both HTML and PDF formats.

-    Use the Citation Services to find the approved "cite-as" case names for citing New York and United States Supreme Court decisions and to research citation history for decisions published in the Third Series of the New York Official Reports (2004 to date).

-    Although our Advanced Search Form is ideal when you wish to search by party, judge, date, docket number, or citation, there are times when a simple full-text search will suffice. Use our new Quick Search, available on this page and many other pages, to quickly search our decisions, motions or the entire Official Reports Web site.

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