[DarthFuzball]

Ummm.... I have a question.

Don’t lawsuits have to be filed with the lower courts and then be appealed up the chair before they get to the State Supreme Court?

This looks like it is saying that the original suit was filed with the New York State Supreme Court.

Is that even possible?

[libstripper]

Yes, it is, because New York has a totally odd ball way of naming its courts. In NY the “Supreme Court” is the trial court of General jurisdiction, while the “Court of Appeals” is what other states call their “supreme court’s.”

[Nifster]

They probably filed with the Superior Court and the reporter didn’t know the difference

[major-pelham]

In NY the top court is called The Court of Appeals.

[Boogieman]

Well, there is this thing called “original jurisdiction” that defines what courts can hear cases for the first time. Supreme Courts generally have original jurisdiction that encompasses any lower courts under them, so they can choose to hear any case that would normally be filed in a lower court. It is unusual for them to do that though.