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“We are the emergency room for society.” Jonathan Lippman, New York's chief judge, speaking about the state's court system ending the year with 4.7 million cases--the highest tally ever.
Monday, Dec. 28, 2009

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  • JONATHAN LIPPMAN,
  • New York's chief judge, on the state's court system's ending the year with 4.7 million cases — the highest tally ever. The amount suggests courtrooms are dealing with a range of results of the country's economic collapse
Photo: Jose Luis Pelaez / Getty | Source: New York Times