1) General scope of SMJ?
2) Authority to grant money damages?
3) Authority to grant equitable relief?
1) SC of NY has supreme SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION over all types of controversies, regardless of
Residency of litigants
Where claim arose
2) SC of NY has authority to grant money damages—it's power is "supreme"
3) SC of NY has authority to grant equitable relief—it's power is "supreme"
SUPREME COURT OF NY
Exceptions to supreme jurisdiction? (i.e., court lacks jurisdiction)
Federal court has EXCLUSIVE jurisdiction (e.g., bankruptcy, patents, copyrights)
Claims for money damages in tort or contract against the STATE OF NY (does not include local govts or individual officers)—Court of Claims has jurisdiction
SUPREME COURT OF NY
Cases that SC NY has EXCLUSIVE SMJ over
Matrimonial actions
CPLR Article 78 proceedings (J/R of administrative actions, see NYP 13)