Postscript

Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Editorial Preface xiii
5. Biographical Introduction xvii
6. Milestones xxv
7. Reflections On A Life In The Judiciary, The Law, And The World
8. A Note on the Text 3
9. Preface 5
10. The Court Years (1983–2009)
11. The New York Court of Appeals 11
12. My Arrival on the Court of Appeals 19
13. Getting to Work 23
14. The Courts’ Dockets and Enduring Personal Lessons 27
15. My Transition to Chief Judge 53
16. The Best . . . 61
17. The Worst . . . 69
18. . . . And Everything in Between 72
19. Return to the Real World
20. The Afterlife 79
21. Who I Am, from Day One
22. From Day One through Law School 93
23. My Years as a Lawyer 97
24. One Continuous Role 104
25. Postscript 113
26. Citations to Cases and Other Materials 115
27. Opinions
28. Introduction 121
29. People v. Class, 63 NY2d 491 (1984), rev’d 475 US 106 (1986) 123
30. Tebbutt v. Virostek, 65 NY2d 931, 940 (1985 127
31. O’Neill v. Oakgrove Constr., 71 NY2d 521 (1988) 128
32. Matter of Levandusky v. One Fifth Ave. Apt. Corp., 75 NY2d 530 (1990) 130
33. W.W.W. Assoc. v. Giancontieri, 77 NY2d 157 (1990) 137
34. Alison D. v. Virginia M., 77 NY2d 651 (1991) 141
35. Immuno AG v. Moor-Jankowski, 77 NY2d 235 (1991) 146
36. Hope v. Perales, 83 NY2d 563 (1994) 156
37. People v. Wesley, 83 NY2d 417 (1994) 162
38. Schulz v. State of New York, 84 NY2d 231 (1994) 171
39. Matter of Jacob, 86 NY2d 651 (1995) 183
40. Johnson v. Pataki, 91 NY2d 214 (1997) 189
41. Rust v. Reyer, 91 NY2d 355 (1998) 192
42. Karlin v. IVF Am., 93 NY2d 282 (1999) 196
43. Kihl v. Pfeffer, 94 NY2d 118 (1999) 201
44. 532 Madison Ave. Gourmet Foods, Inc. v. Finlandia Ctr., 96 NY2d 280 (2001 204
45. Levin v. Yeshiva Univ., 96 NY2d 484 (2001) 208
46. Matter of Brandon (Nationwide Mut. Ins. Co.), 97 NY2d 491 (2002) 211
47. Campaign for Fiscal Equity, Inc. v. State of New York, 100 NY2d 893 (2003) 216
48. First Financial Ins. Co. v. Jetco Contr. Corp., 1 NY3d 64 (2003) 229
49. Brill v. City of New York, 2 NY3d 648 (2004) 234
50. Nicholson v. Scoppetta, 3 NY3d 357 (2004) 237
51. People v. Gonzalez, 1 NY3d 464 (2004) 252
52. Maybee v. State of New York, 4 NY3d 415 (2005) 256
53. People v. Caban, 5 NY3d 143 (2005) 261
54. People v. Catu, 4 NY3d 242 (2005) 268
55. People v. Combest, 4 NY3d 341 (2005) 270
56. Deutsche Bank Sec., Inc. v. Montana Bd. of Invs., 7 NY3d 65 (2006) 276
57. Hernandez v. Robles, 7 NY3d 338 (2006) 279
58. People v. Hill, 9 NY3d 189 (2007) 287
59. Ross v. Louise Wise Servs., Inc., 8 NY3d 478 (2007) 289
60. Matter of Piel, 10 NY3d 163 (2008) 297
61. Articles And Speeches
62. Introduction 303
63. A Lecture about Judge Benjamin Nathan Cardozo 307
64. Dual Constitutionalism in Practice and Principle 315
65. The Human Dimension in Appellate Judging 338
66. One Judge’s View of Academic Law Review Writing 348
67. Women in Law 357
68. State Constitutional Common Law 367
69. Law Is Pivotal in Advancing Women’s Rights 389
70. The Changing World of Children 392
71. State Courts at the Dawn of a New Century 396
72. In Memoriam 425
73. Delivering Justice Today 430
74. The Best Oral Argument I (N)ever Made 454
75. My Life as Chief Judge 456
76. Acknowledgments 463
77. Appendix 465
78. About the Editors 467
79. Index of Cases 469
80. General Index 477