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Twenty-three dollars is not a lot of money, but that small figure could have big political consequences. Lawmakers' pensions are tied to the salaries set for state district judges. Every [...]

A state commission decided on Friday to increase the pay of the more than 1,200 New York State judges by 27 percent over three years, ending a decade of battles [...]

Two members of the commission reviewing judicial pay in New York State pressed for substantial raises at a public session on Monday, but the seven-member panel has not yet made [...]

ALBANY -- A Cuomo administration official on Wednesday urged a state commission considering whether to increase the pay of New York judges to exercise restraint and ''consider the state's fiscal [...]

What is the price of administering justice? That may sound like an existential question. But for a state panel beginning its task of setting salaries for New York's judges, the [...]

Across the country, judicial salaries are falling woefully behind what is needed to sustain a high-quality justice system. The problem is acute in New York State, where judges have gone [...]

The Legislature has cleared the way for New York State's judges to receive their first raises in 12 years by acting to establish an independent commission that would set their [...]

New York judges have not seen a pay raise since 1999, not even a token cost-of-living increase. They have justly complained about it. Legal scholars have pointed out how damaging [...]

ALBANY -- New York's highest court ruled on Tuesday that governors and legislators had violated the State Constitution by trying to tie pay raises for state judges to unrelated legislation, [...]

New York State's judges have not had a pay raise in 10 years, and at least some of them are angry about it. The delay and subsequent hard feelings have […]

Federal judges say they are underpaid. The problem, in Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr.'s words, 'has now reached the level of a constitutional crisis.' It takes a pretty brave […]

The state of the economy and vigorous prosecution of immigration offenses and sex crimes are shaping the federal courts' dockets, Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. wrote on Wednesday in […]

New York was once a national leader in judicial compensation. Now, it ranks 49th among the 50 states when salaries are adjusted for the cost of living, and the last […]

SINCE Gov. Eliot Spitzer reappointed me chief judge three months ago, fair pay for our judges has been the consuming issue. In these critical, final days before the Legislature adjourns, […]

A state ethics panel has ruled that judges should not decline to hear cases in which the lawyers are legislators just because the Legislature has declined to raise their salaries. […]

Justice Anthony M. Kennedy of the Supreme Court told Congress that first-rate federal judges were leaving because of inadequate pay, a problem he said was hurting morale and threatening to […]

The Senate passed legislation awarding federal judges their annual cost-of-living pay raise immediately rather than keeping their pay frozen along with that of lawmakers. Members of Congress voted last month […]

Chief Justice John Roberts Jr. is embracing with gusto a cause championed by his predecessor, William Rehnquist: the need for a substantial pay raise for federal judges. Justice Roberts devoted […]

Responding to a request by the state's chief judge, Judith S. Kaye, at left, Gov. George E. Pataki will ask legislators to increase the pay of New York's judges, who […]

A day after winning $12.9 million in back pay, state judges asked the Supreme Court for interest payments that could add hundreds of thousands of dollars to the total. The […]

The Illinois Supreme Court vacated today its order that the state give its judges cost-of-living increases, leaving a trial court to decide the issue instead. The court also dropped its […]

In a rare show of bipartisan unity, Senator Orrin Hatch, a Republican who is chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Senator Patrick Leahy, the committee's ranking Democrat, have introduced […]

Invoking the views of two of the framers of the Constitution, Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist called on Congress today to increase the salaries of federal judges. Chief Justice Rehnquist […]

Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and legislative leaders reached an agreement today to provide raises of up to 21 percent to state judges by October 1994. The judges have not received […]

With new money available and a new Chief Judge, Gov. Mario M. Cuomo sought to end a long budget feud with the court system today, saying that the state's 1,147 […]

LEAD: To the Editor: To the Editor: 'Federal Judges Are Found Not Gilty' by Sheldon Goldman (Op-Ed, April 23) is right on target and long overdue. The level of judicial […]