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Current through amendments included in the New York State Register, Volume XXXII, Issue 15, dated April 14, 2010.
22 NYCRR § 731.1 Records on appeal.
22 NYCRR § 731.2 Briefs.
22 NYCRR § 731.3 Court sessions.
22 NYCRR § 731.4 Calendar of appeals.
22 NYCRR § 731.5 Preferences; consolidation.
22 NYCRR § 731.6 Oral argument or submission.
22 NYCRR § 731.7 Motions.
22 NYCRR § 731.8 Dismissals on the court's own motion; enlargements of time.
22 NYCRR § 731.9 Appeals in criminal cases; adjournments; extensions of time.
22 NYCRR § 731.10 Leave to appeal to the Appellate Term.
22 NYCRR § 731.11 Motions to reargue, resettle or amend; motions for leave to appeal to the Appellate Division.
(a) In civil actions or proceedings, the clerk's return, as required to be made and filed pursuant to section 1704, of the Civil Court Act, shall constitute the record on appeal.
(1) In criminal actions or proceedings, the appeal shall be heard on the original papers, certified by the clerk of the court from which the appeal is taken, the court's return when the same is required by statute, a stenographic transcript of the proceedings settled by the judge before whom the action was tried, or in case of the death or disability of such judge, in such manner as this court directs.
(2) For good cause shown, the court may hear the appeal on an abridged record containing so much of the evidence or other proceedings as it may deem necessary to a consideration of the questions raised on the appeal.
(c) Unless otherwise ordered by the court, an appellant may, but need not, print copies of the record on appeal.
History: Sec. amd. filed Oct. 14, 1971 eff. Oct. 1, 1971, except that wherever necessary and practicable effective retroactively as of Sept. 1, 1971. Substituted new (b).
(a) The form, style and content of all briefs shall conform to the provisions of CPLR 5528 and 5529. Briefs may, but need not, be printed and may be reproduced by any authorized method or may be typewritten.
(1) The calendar number of the appeal shall be stated at the upper left-hand corner of the cover page of each brief.
(2) In all causes, civil and criminal, each party's main brief, upon the upper right-hand corner of the cover page, shall specify whether the cause is to be argued or submitted, and shall state the name of counsel who is to argue or submit.
(b) In all causes, unless otherwise directed by statute, the court, or these rules, the appellant's main brief shall include at the beginning the statement required by CPLR 5531.
(3) a statement whether an order issued pursuant to CPL 460.50 is outstanding and, if so, the date of such order, the name of the judge who issued it and whether the appellant is free on bail or on his own recognizance.
History: Sec. amds. filed: Oct. 14, 1971; June 19, 1972 eff. June 1, 1972. Substituted new (a).
Unless otherwise ordered, the court will convene at 9:30 o'clock in the forenoon on the first day of each appointed term. The court may be convened on any subsequent day or days during the term by order of the presiding justice or, in his absence, the associate presiding justice, which order shall specify the three justices who shall constitute the court at any such session.
History: Sec. amd. filed Jan. 15, 1988 eff. March 1, 1988.
(2) all appeals in criminal cases in which a duplicate notice of appeal or an affidavit of errors and the court's return have been transmitted to said clerk as provided in CPL 460.10(1)(e), 460.10(2) and 460.10(3)(d).
(b) An appeal on the general calendar in which a record has been filed may be placed on the appeal calendar to be assigned to an appointed term by filing an original and five copies of the appellant's brief as set forth in subdivision (c) of this section.
(c) The original and five copies of the appellant's brief, with proof of service of one copy, shall be filed with the court, within the time prescribed by section 731.8 of this Part. In addition to the foregoing, in criminal appeals proof of service upon the respondent of one copy of a transcript of the minutes of all proceedings shall be filed together with the appellant's brief, such copy to be returned by the respondent to the appellant upon the argument or submission of the appeal. The original and five copies of the respondent's brief, with proof of service of one copy, shall be filed not more than 21 days after service of the appellant's brief. The original and five copies of a reply brief, with proof of service of one copy, shall be filed not more than seven days after service of respondent's brief.
(d) A day calendar listing the appeals scheduled for argument or submission on a particular date shall be published in the New York Law Journal not less than 12 days prior to such date. Appellants and respondents, or their attorneys, shall be notified of the calendar date by mail not less than five days prior to such date. Notification by either of such means shall be deemed sufficient.
History: Sec. amds. filed: Aug. 13, 1969; Oct. 14, 1971; Jan. 15, 1988 eff. March 1, 1988; Sept. 25, 2008 eff. Sept. 17, 2008. Amended (b)-(d).
(a) Preferences. (1) Any party to an appeal entitled by law to a preference in the hearing of the appeal may serve and file a demand for preference which shall set forth the provision of law relied upon for such preference and good cause for such preference. If the demand is sustained by the court, the appeal shall be preferred.
(2) A preference under CPLR 5521 may be obtained upon good cause shown by a motion directed to the court on notice to the other parties to the appeal.
(b) Consolidation. (1) A party may consolidate appeals from civil orders and/or judgments arising out of the same action or proceeding provided that each appeal is perfected timely pursuant to section 731.8 of this Part.
(2) Appeals from orders or judgments in separate actions or proceedings cannot be consolidated but may, upon written request of a party, be scheduled by the court to be heard together on the same day.
Any party to an appeal, for good cause shown, may move for a preference upon notice to all other parties to the appeal.
History: Sec. amds. filed: Oct. 14, 1971; Sept. 25, 2008 eff. Sept. 17, 2008.
(a) No more than 15 minutes will be allowed for argument on each side, except by express permission of the court.
(b) In the event that any party's main brief shall fail to set forth the appropriate notations with respect to the argument or submission of the cause, as required by section 731.2(a)(2) this Part, the cause will be deemed to have been submitted without oral argument by the defaulting party.
(c) When any party shall have noted on his or her filed brief, or, before the appeal appears on the day calendar, shall have filed his or her written consent or stipulation or otherwise notified the clerk that he or she intends to submit the appeal without argument, such party need not appear on the calendar call.
(d) The court, in its discretion, may deny oral argument of any appeal.
History: Sec. amds. filed: June 19, 1972; Jan. 15, 1988 eff. March 1, 1988, repealed (c)-(d), added new (c); Sept. 25, 2008 eff. Sept. 17, 2008, amended (c), added (d).
Motions may be noticed for any day of the term and must be submitted without oral argument. All papers in support of the motion (which must include a copy of the notice of appeal) or in opposition thereto shall be filed before 10 o'clock in the forenoon of the return day of the motion.
(a) Unless an enlargement of time is granted in accordance with subdivision (d) of this section, an appeal in a civil case which has not been perfected after having been on the general calendar for more than 90 days shall be subject to dismissal.
(b) Except as otherwise provided in CPL 460.70 and subject to the applicable provisions of CPL 470.60, and unless an enlargement of time is granted, in accordance with subdivision (d) of this section, an appeal in a criminal case which has not been perfected within 90 days after the notice of appeal was filed shall be dismissed.
(c) The clerk shall prepare a calendar of the appeals subject to dismissal for failure on the part of the appellant to perfect the same compliance with this rule. Such dismissal calendar shall be published in the New York Law Journal at least five days prior to, as well as on the dismissal day. In criminal cases, the clerk shall cause a notice to be mailed to the appellant and his or her attorney five days prior to the first day of such publication.
(1) By stipulation. The parties may stipulate to enlarge the time to perfect an appeal by up to 60 days, to file an answering brief by up to 30 days, and to file a reply brief by up to 10 days. Not more than one such stipulation per perfection or filing shall be permitted. Such a stipulation shall not be effective unless so ordered by the clerk.
(2) For cause. Where a party shall establish a reasonable ground why there cannot or could not be compliance with the time limits prescribed by this section, or such time limits as extended by stipulation pursuant to paragraph (1) of this subdivision, the clerk or a justice may grant reasonable enlargements of time to comply. An application pursuant to this paragraph shall be made by letter, addressed to the clerk, with a copy to the other parties to the appeal. Orders made pursuant to this paragraph shall be reviewable by motion to the court on notice pursuant to section 731.7 of this Part.
History: Sec. amds. filed: Oct. 14, 1971; Jan. 15, 1988 eff. March 1, 1988, added (a)- (b); Sept. 25, 2008 eff. Sept. 17, 2008, amended sec. title (a)-(c), added (d).
(2) whether the court has previously granted any enlargement of time.
(b) Where such application pertains to an appeal on the special day calendar referred to in subdivision (c) of section 731.8, such application shall be filed with the clerk of the court at least two days prior to the day on which the appeal is scheduled to appear on such calendar.
History: Sec. amd. filed Oct. 14, 1971 eff. Oct. 1, 1971.
(a) Applications to a justice of the Appellate Term for leave to appeal pursuant to the provisions of CPLR 5701(c) and CCA 1702(c) shall be made on notice within the time prescribed by CPLR 5513(b).
(b) The papers in support of such application must contain a copy of the opinion, if any, and a concise statement of the grounds of alleged error, and shall show whether a similar application was made in the court below.
(1) The application shall be in writing and shall be made and filed with the clerk of this court (with proof of service upon the district attorney or any other prosecutor who appeared for the People in the criminal court in which the order sought to be reviewed was rendered) within 30 days after service upon the applicant of a copy of the order.
(v) a statement that no prior application for such certificate has been made.
(3) In addition, the papers in support of the application shall include a copy of the order sought to be reviewed and a copy of the memorandum or opinion of the court below or a statement that there was none.
(4) Within 15 days after service upon him of a copy of the application and of the papers, if any, in support thereof, the district attorney or other prosecutor (as the case may be) shall file answering papers or a statement that there is no opposition to the application (with proof of service upon the applicant, if appearing pro se, or upon the attorney making the application on behalf of the applicant). Such answering papers shall include a discussion of the merits of the application or shall state, if such be the case, that the application does not contain any allegations other than those alleged in the papers submitted by the applicant in the court below and that the prosecutor relies on the record, his answering papers contained therein and the memorandum or opinion of such court, if there be any.
(5) Unless the justice designated to determine the application shall in his discretion otherwise direct, the matter shall be submitted and determined upon the foregoing papers and without oral argument.
History: Sec. amds. filed: Oct. 14, 1971; Jan. 15, 1988 eff. March 1, 1988. Amended (a).
(a) Motions to reargue a cause or to resettle an order or to amend a decision shall be made within 30 days after the cause shall have been decided, except that for good cause shown, the court may consider any such motion when made at a later date.
(b) In an appeal in a civil case, a motion for leave to appeal to the Appellate Division from an adverse determination of the Appellate Term shall be made in the manner and within the time prescribed by CPLR 5513(b) and 5516.
(c) The papers in support of such motion shall concisely state the points claimed to have been overlooked or misapprehended by the court, with appropriate references to the particular portions of the record or briefs and with citation of the authorities relied upon.
(d) A motion for leave to appeal to the Appellate Division in a civil case from an order granting or affirming the granting of a new trial or hearing shall contain a stipulation that if the order appealed from be affirmed, judgment absolute may be entered against the moving party.
History: Sec. amd. filed Jan. 15, 1988 eff. March 1, 1988. Amended (b).

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