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For New York law firms
We hold NYSCEF foreclosure dockets from the five boroughs, the Supreme Court auction calendars, Housing Court cases and New York's published opinions. Each foreclosure is linked to its judge, both sides' firms and attorneys, the referee and the lot. From those links we show how a judge's cases end and how the other side litigates.
Supreme Court · Kings County
Example National Bank v. Sample Borrower
| Link | On this case | Leads to |
|---|---|---|
| Judge | Justice A. Example | Her other Kings foreclosures |
| Plaintiff | Example National Bankpleaded as trustee for Example Loan Trust 2006-1 | Its cases across every trust |
| Plaintiff's firm | Example & Sample LLPformerly Example Sample Partners LLP | Its cases under both names |
| Defense firm | Sample Law PLLC | The firms it has faced |
| Referee | M. Placeholder | Her other appointments |
| Lot | 3-00000-0000 | ACRIS, HPD, DOB and DOF records |
| Related | Same plaintiff, firm and judge | How each of those cases ended |
What we hold
We sort every paper as a party's paper, a court-issued paper or an attachment. Each case gets dated milestones: filing, response, orders, judgment and sale.
How long each stage takes before each judgeWe keep each foreclosure sale on the calendar and its outcome once the date has passed.
Which noticed sales went aheadEach case carries its index number, caption, part, judge, what it is on for, the landlord's attorney, non-payment or holdover, and its filing date.
Which landlord firms appear in which partsEach opinion comes with the counsel it names: the firm and the attorney of counsel. We read CourtListener's judges database too.
How a firm's arguments and motions fared on appealWe keep each firm under one name and resolve its renames from the state's filings. A firm that changed its name keeps one history.
Opposing counsel's cases under every name it usedThe lot comes from the case's own papers: the summons, the sale notice, the title papers. Then we join the city's records on that lot.
Deeds, registrations, violations and permits behind each caseHow it links
A fictional Kings foreclosure from summons to report of sale. The Links column shows who or what each paper adds to the case.
Supreme Court of the State of New York · County of Kings
| Doc # | Date filed | Document | Read as | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | day 0 | SUMMONS + COMPLAINTFiled by Example & Sample LLP | Filing | PlaintiffExample National BankFirmExample & Sample LLPAttorneyJ. SpecimenLot3-00000-0000 |
Read as the filing. A summons and complaint filed together begin the action (CPLR 304). Linked. The plaintiff without its "as trustee for" clause, its firm and its attorney of record. The lot is read from the summons. | ||||
| 7 | day 24 | REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL INTERVENTIONFiled by Example & Sample LLP | RJI | JudgeJustice A. Example |
Read as RJI. In a home-loan foreclosure where the defendant lives in the property, the plaintiff files it with proof of service (22 NYCRR 202.12-a). Linked. The judge assigned in Kings. | ||||
| 8 | day 58 | ANSWERFiled by Sample Law PLLC | Response | FirmSample Law PLLCAttorneyR. Sample |
Read as the response. The defense firm and its attorney of record join the case. | ||||
| 19 | day 420 | MOTIONSummary judgment and an order of reference · filed by Example & Sample LLP | Motion | Asked forSummary judgmentAsked forOrder of reference |
Read by the relief requested. Summary judgment with an order of reference is the step toward judgment. Linked. By what it asked for and by the firm that filed it. The order that follows gives its result. | ||||
| 33 | day 598 | ORDER OF REFERENCEIssued by the court · referee appointed to compute | Order | RefereeM. PlaceholderDoc 19Granted |
Read as an order of reference. The court appoints a referee to compute the amount due (RPAPL 1321). Linked. The referee joins this case and every other case that names her. | ||||
| 46 | day 902 | JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE AND SALEIssued by the court · signed | Judgment | OutcomeJudgment enteredRefereeM. Placeholder, to sell |
Read as the judgment of foreclosure and sale (RPAPL 1351). The judgment names the referee who will conduct the sale and directs that it be held within ninety days (RPAPL 1351(1)). | ||||
| 49 | day 985 | ORDERIssued by the court · extending the time to hold the sale | Order | GrantedMore time to sell |
Read as an extension of the time to sell. The judgment directed a sale within ninety days of its date (RPAPL 1351(1)). This order extends that time (CPLR 2004). Linked. To the judge's record on requests for more time to sell. | ||||
| 53 | day 1,121 | NOTICE OF SALEFiled by Example & Sample LLP | Notice of sale | Lot3-00000-0000CalendarSale Aug 22 |
Read as a notice of sale (RPAPL 231). The lot it names is linked. The sale is followed on the court's auction calendar. | ||||
| · | day 1,155 | SALEOn the court's auction calendar | Sale | OutcomeSold, per the calendar |
Not a docket entry. The sale and its outcome come from the court's auction calendar. On the docket, the sale shows only when the referee files the report of sale, due within thirty days after the deed is executed (RPAPL 1355). | ||||
| 56 | day 1,190 | REPORT OF SALEFiled by the referee · deed delivered | Sale | OutcomeSold at auction |
Read as the referee's report of sale (RPAPL 1355), the last sale milestone. The case moves to sold at auction. | ||||
Specimen: a fictional Kings foreclosure with routine entries left out. The dates are set when the page is built. Tap a row to see how its paper was read.
How the links are made
Judges and counsel
Three open matters for a fictional firm and the judge on the first. Each matter shows its next date, the judge's record on the same motion, the other side's habits and the same plaintiff and firm on other cases.
Supreme Court, Kings County · Index 000000 · residential foreclosure · Justice A. Example
On the docket. Notice of motion, doc 61 · filed Sep 27 by Example & Sample LLP · return date Oct 28.
Relief asked. Summary judgment and an order of reference, read from the motion itself.
Her last four orders on it. 000210 granted · 000233 granted · 000251 denied · 000262 granted.
How it is read. What each motion asked for comes from the motion. The result comes from the court's order on the same docket.
The cases. 000118 discontinued, refiled as 000301 · 000140 discontinued, refiled as 000322.
How it is read. Cases are linked by plaintiff, plaintiff's firm and lot. The outcome bucket shows each discontinuance.
The opinions. Each names the firm and the attorney of counsel, and how the appeal came out.
Under its former name. Decisions that name Example Sample Partners LLP stay in the same firm's history.
The cases. 000188 judgment entered · 000207 sold at auction · 000245 still open.
How it is read. The plaintiff, its firm and the judge assigned in Kings, matched across dockets.
Supreme Court, New York County · Index 000001 · commercial foreclosure · Justice C. Sample
On the calendar. Sale Nov 6 · referee N. Specimen · lots 1-00000-0003 and 1-00000-0004.
On the docket. The sale shows only when the referee files the report of sale, due within thirty days after the deed is executed (RPAPL 1355).
Her last three sales. 000410 sold · 000455 adjourned · 000470 sold.
How it is read. Cases are linked by referee. Each sale's outcome comes from the auction calendar once its date has passed.
Specimen. Median eight months from judgment to sale. The slowest quarter took more than fourteen.
How it is read. From the dated milestones on each of her dockets.
The cases. 000377 judgment entered · 000391 discontinued.
How it is read. The plaintiff, its firm and the judge assigned in New York County, matched across dockets.
Civil Court, Bronx County · Housing Part X · Index LT-000000-00/BX · holdover · Judge B. Specimen
The case. Holdover · LT-000000-00/BX · Part X · Judge B. Specimen · on for trial Oct 23.
From the court. WebCivil Local lists the part, the judge, what the case is on for and the landlord's attorney.
The record. Its Bronx cases from WebCivil Local, by part, judge and classification (non-payment or holdover), with filing dates.
Before Judge B. Specimen. Its other cases in Part X, and what each is on for.
The cases. LT-000101-00/BX non-payment · LT-000117-00/BX holdover · LT-000132-00/BX holdover.
How it is read. Matched on the landlord's attorney and the judge named in each WebCivil Local entry.
Supreme Court, Kings County · her assigned foreclosures · her published decisions
On the docket. Notice of motion, doc 61 · return date Oct 28.
Her orders on the same relief. Listed under the first matter.
On the docket. Court notice filed Oct 10 · status conference Nov 11 · her part.
How it is read. Each of her cases sits in one bucket, and each bucket lists its cases.
Specimen. The bar shows the form of the answer. Its widths are not measurements.
Specimen. Filing to judgment: median 31 months. Judgment to sale: median 7 months.
How it is read. From the dated milestones on each of her dockets.
Specimen. Order of reference: mostly granted · vacate a default: mostly denied · more time to sell: mostly granted.
How it is read. What each motion asked for, and the order that followed on the same docket.
The opinions. Read from CourtListener's bulk data for New York, each with the firm and attorney of counsel.
Every judge, firm, attorney, referee, case and index number here is fictional, and the dates are set when the page is built. Pick a matter or the judge. Tap a count to filter or a line to open it.
Connections
CourtListener
We read CourtListener's bulk opinion data for New York and its judges database. The counsel on each opinion shows how a firm's arguments and motions fared on appeal.
Tellius
If your firm uses Tellius, we connect the corpus to it: cases, judges, firms, attorneys and referees, each case with its milestones and outcome.
Your own matters
We read your firm's matters on NYSCEF each morning. Each new paper is linked like every other. The date it sets goes on the calendar your firm already uses.
Contracts and appointments
Courts appoint referees and receivers. City and state agencies hire outside counsel. We watch the notices for both and calendar the filings each one requires.
Solicitations
City agencies post solicitations in the City Record and on PASSPort. State agencies post theirs in the New York State Contract Reporter. We read them each morning and send you the legal-services notices in your practice areas.
M/WBE
Many city contracts set M/WBE participation goals. The city certifies firms through the Department of Small Business Services. The state certifies through Empire State Development's Division of Minority and Women's Business Development, for state contracts. We watch both certifications and their renewal dates.
Court appointments
Part 36 of the Rules of the Chief Judge governs who may be appointed referee, receiver, guardian or guardian ad litem, and what each appointee must file. We put each appointment's filings on your calendar and watch the dockets for orders that name you.
The IOLA Fund of the State of New York funds civil legal services. The city's right-to-counsel program, run by the Human Resources Administration's Office of Civil Justice, contracts tenant representation in Housing Court. Both ask providers to report on the matters they handle. We build that report from your case records and the public dockets behind them.
How it starts
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