Expert: Robin Sexton - 5/2/2008

Question
I'm curious about the numbers assigned to different court proceedings. Example: In the show Law & Order, they make references to part numbers for courts. Someone might say, "I'm due in part 46 later today." Or some other number. When they switch to a court scene, they might put up in a graphic a reference to the court part number. I'm certain it does not refer to the number of sessions for that particular trial.

What do these numbers signify?

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jeff

Answer
Jeff,

Interesting question took me a little research. The "parts" term appears to be strictly a New York Court term and basically what it refers to is the Judge.  A specific Judge sits in Part 12 for example.  Instead of calling it Judge's X court room.  So Supreme court for the county of Manhattan part 12 is for a specific Judge.


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Robin