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.
Shelter Island Heights is a census-designated place and hamlet located in the Town of Shelter Island, Suffolk County, New York. It is located on the north side of the island of Shelter Island, west of the village of Dering Harbor. The population was 981 at the 2000 census.