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Why we can’t figure out how to regulate Airbnb

• tzs 12y ago
  > [...] as part of an ongoing dispute between the AG and Airbnb now before New York's Supreme Court. This is not as interesting as it might at first seem. New York names its courts weirdly relative to most other states. The "Supreme Court" is what other states would call "Superior Court" (California, Washington), "court of common pleas" (Pennsylvania, Ohio), "circuit court" (Illinois, Michigan, Oregon), "district court" (Texas, Hawaii). It's the lowest level state trial court of general jurisdiction. The highest court in New York, which would be called "Supreme Court" in the majority of states, is the "Court of Appeals" (a term that many states would use for their appeals court that sits between the trail courts of general jurisdiction and their Supreme Court). Reporters really should be more careful when reporting on cases in the New York court system, because most readers are NOT going to know about the different naming systems used by different states and will think that the case is in front of the states highest court and will be setting important precedent for the state.