Web Site and CourtWeb On-Line Rulings Information

The Court's Internet Web site is available at www.nysd.uscourts.gov


Included among the features of the Web site are the Joint Local Rules of the Southern and Eastern Districts of New York, which have been formatted for convenient and efficient browser viewing. The Local Rules can also be downloaded to a computer hard drive in WordPerfect format.

In addition, the Web site features the individual practices and procedures of those judges who have specific procedural requirements and will be updated regularly so that the most current version of the individual practices and procedures will be available.

Also included on the Court's Web site is a directory of judges with mailing addresses, room numbers and telephone numbers, a directory of the various departments and offices of the Court, and the Pretrial Services Confidentiality statement. From time to time, the Web site will provide additional information, such as employment listings.

CourtWeb On-Line Rulings Information System

CourtWeb is an on line rulings information system. CourtWeb was designed for the convenience of the bar and litigants to provide information on a judge's decision virtually immediately over the Internet.

The CourtWeb system can be searched by judge's name or case number. A brief description of the ruling is included in each entry, in addition to information such as the caption, case number, date and judge's name. The rulings reports may also be printed from the user's browser for convenient reference.

CourtWeb Watch List

CourtWeb is also testing a watch list option. The watch list feature will automatically notify the law firm or practitioner of any rulings entered for cases on their list. A participating firm or practitioner would enter the case numbers for all the Southern District cases they would like to include on their watch list. Cases can be added or deleted from the case list at any time. Both the watch list and the rulings report can be printed from the browser. When a ruling is posted to CourtWeb by chambers, the description will automatically appear on the participant's watch list. The system was designed to eliminate the need for phone calls to and from chambers to inquire about the status of a ruling, and to provide instant notification of a ruling.

The Court invites comments from the bar concerning CourtWeb.

CourtWeb is not intended to substitute for consulting the orders and decisions filed with the Clerk's office, which will remain the official court documents and will control in the event of any discrepancy between a report of a ruling on CourtWeb and the filed document.