Practicing in the Appellate Courts is for the purpose of reviewing trial court judgments to correct of errors committed by the trial court, development of the law, achieve a uniform approach across courts, and the pursuit of justice, more generally. Appellate courts are not a forum to make a new case, but instead they determine if the rulings and judgment of the court below were made correctly.
The Village of Sea Cliff is located within the Town of Oyster Bay in Nassau County, New York. As of the United States 2000 Census, the village population was 5,066. The village is part of the North Shore School District. The headquarters of the snack food company Robert's American Gourmet Food, producer of popular snack food Pirate's Booty, is located in the village.