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United States District Court for the Southern District of New York - Quiz
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  • 1. What is the age limit for a judge to serve as a chief judge?
A) 70
B) 65
C) 60
D) 75
  • 2. How long is the term of a chief judge?
A) Five years
B) Seven years
C) Life tenure
D) Ten years
  • 3. What is the minimum age a judge must be under to become chief judge?
A) 60
B) 65
C) 50
D) 70
  • 4. What is the minimum number of years a judge must be in active service to become chief judge?
A) Five years
B) Two years
C) Ten years
D) One year
  • 5. When did the current rules for the chief judge position take effect?
A) October 1, 1982
B) January 1, 1948
C) October 28, 2026
D) August 6, 1959
  • 6. What happens if no members of the court meet the age requirements for chief judge?
A) The age restrictions are waived
B) The position remains vacant
C) The longest-serving senior judge takes the role
D) The Supreme Court appoints a chief
  • 7. How is a vacancy for chief judge filled?
A) By the judge highest in seniority among qualified judges
B) By the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
C) By presidential appointment
D) By a vote of all district judges
  • 8. When was the office of chief judge created?
A) 1959
B) 1948
C) 1958
D) 1982
  • 9. What was the rule for becoming a chief judge after August 6, 1959?
A) Judges must have served at least ten years
B) Judges were appointed by the Senate
C) Judges could not serve after turning 70
D) Judges had to be under 60
  • 10. Which of the following is a requirement to be a chief judge?
A) Must be at least 70 years old
B) Must not have previously served as chief judge
C) Must be the longest-serving judge on the court
D) Must have served on the Supreme Court
  • 11. What is the common abbreviation for the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York?
A) S.D.NY.
B) S.D.N.Y.
C) SDNY-Court
D) U.S.D.C.S.N.Y.
  • 12. How many counties are within the geographic jurisdiction of the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Seven
B) Nine
C) Eight
D) Ten
  • 13. Which of the following is a New York City county included in the S.D.N.Y. jurisdiction?
A) Richmond
B) Kings
C) Queens
D) Bronx
  • 14. To which court are appeals from the S.D.N.Y. typically taken?
A) United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
B) United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
C) Supreme Court of the United States
D) United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
  • 15. What is the colloquial nickname for the S.D.N.Y.?
A) The Financial District Court
B) Mother Court
C) The Original Court
D) The Federal Trial Center
  • 16. Which judge mentioned in the text served on the bench of the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Daniel Patrick Moynihan
B) Charles L. Brieant Jr.
C) Learned Hand
D) Thurgood Marshall
  • 17. Who was the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York as of February 13, 2025?
A) Rudy Giuliani
B) Matthew Podolsky
C) Preet Bharara
D) Robert Morgenthau
  • 18. Where does the S.D.N.Y. hear cases?
A) Manhattan, White Plains, and Poughkeepsie
B) White Plains, Yonkers, and Albany
C) Manhattan, Brooklyn, and the Bronx
D) Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island
  • 19. Which court shares concurrent jurisdiction over the waters of Kings, Nassau, Queens, Richmond, and Suffolk counties with the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Supreme Court of the State of New York
B) United States District Court for the Western District of New York
C) United States District Court for the Northern District of New York
D) United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York
  • 20. The S.D.N.Y. sits in which of the following buildings in Manhattan?
A) Federal Hall
B) The Woolworth Building
C) The Merchants Exchange
D) Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse
  • 21. What legislation established the original District of New York court?
A) Act of April 9, 1814
B) Judiciary Act of 1789
C) Public Law 95-408
D) Constitution of the United States
  • 22. When was the District of New York first divided into Northern and Southern Districts?
A) 1865
B) 1789
C) 1900
D) 1814
  • 23. Who reportedly instigated the subdivision of the District of New York?
A) William P. Van Ness
B) Matthias B. Tallmadge
C) Elihu Root
D) Learned Hand
  • 24. Which counties were transferred from the Southern to the Northern district in 1978?
A) Westchester, Putnam, and Rockland
B) New York, Bronx, and Kings
C) Columbia, Greene, and Ulster
D) Orange, Dutchess, and Sullivan
  • 25. What type of cases dominated the S.D.N.Y. caseload during its first hundred years?
A) Patent
B) Admiralty
C) Civil Rights
D) Environmental
  • 26. Who was the longest-serving judge in the history of the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Sonia Sotomayor
B) David Norton Edelstein
C) Pierre N. Leval
D) Samuel Blatchford
  • 27. Which two judges were elevated from the S.D.N.Y. to the Second Circuit and later to the Supreme Court?
A) Harold Medina and Pierre N. Leval
B) Learned Hand and Augustus Noble Hand
C) Robert P. Patterson and Michael Mukasey
D) Samuel Blatchford and Sonia Sotomayor
  • 28. Which former S.D.N.Y. judge served as the Director of the FBI?
A) Louis Freeh
B) Michael Mukasey
C) Rudy Giuliani
D) Robert P. Patterson
  • 29. What position did Michael Mukasey hold under President George W. Bush?
A) Director of the FBI
B) United States Attorney General
C) Supreme Court Justice
D) Secretary of War
  • 30. In which city is the Charles L. Brieant Jr. Federal Building and Courthouse located?
A) Manhattan
B) New York City
C) Poughkeepsie
D) White Plains
  • 31. Which 1912 maritime disaster had its injury and loss of life claims heard in the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Bojinka
B) General Slocum
C) Titanic
D) Lusitania
  • 32. Which judge rejected government efforts to censor James Joyce's Ulysses in 1933?
A) Lewis A. Kaplan
B) William H. Pauley III
C) John M. Woolsey
D) Murray Gurfein
  • 33. What 1971 case involved an attempt to enjoin The New York Times from publishing the Pentagon Papers?
A) William H. Pauley III
B) Lewis A. Kaplan
C) Murray Gurfein
D) John M. Woolsey
  • 34. Which former U.S. Attorney General was acquitted in the S.D.N.Y. in 1974?
A) Alger Hiss
B) Harry Daugherty
C) John Mitchell
D) Ariel Sharon
  • 35. Which financial figure was prosecuted for fraud in the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Abduwali Muse
B) Imelda Marcos
C) Tom Brady
D) Bernard Madoff
  • 36. Who was the 'Somali Pirate' whose prosecution was heard in the S.D.N.Y. in 2010?
A) Patrick Ho
B) Michael Cohen
C) Omar Abdel Rahman
D) Abduwali Muse
  • 37. Which NFL player was involved in a controversy heard in the S.D.N.Y. in 2015?
A) Sam Bankman-Fried
B) Michael Milken
C) Ivan Boesky
D) Tom Brady
  • 38. Who presided over the 2023 E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump trial?
A) Murray Gurfein
B) John M. Woolsey
C) Lewis A. Kaplan
D) William H. Pauley III
  • 39. Which former Philippine First Lady was tried in the S.D.N.Y. in 1990?
A) Cilia Flores
B) Bess Myerson
C) Ghislaine Maxwell
D) Imelda Marcos
  • 40. Michael Cohen was sentenced by which judge on December 12, 2018?
A) John M. Woolsey
B) William H. Pauley III
C) Lewis A. Kaplan
D) Murray Gurfein
  • 41. What legal argument was central to the Viacom Inc. v. YouTube Inc. case?
A) Fair use
B) Obstruction of justice
C) DMCA safe harbor
D) Defamation
  • 42. Which individual was known as 'The Blind Sheikh' and tried in the S.D.N.Y.?
A) Omar Abdel Rahman
B) Michael Milken
C) Patrick Ho
D) Alger Hiss
  • 43. The suspect Luigi Mangione is currently in a federal case in the S.D.N.Y. regarding the killing of which CEO?
A) Brian Thompson
B) Bernard Madoff
C) Tom Brady
D) Sam Bankman-Fried
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