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The New York Civil Liberties Union is entitled to more than 10 years' worth of written legal guidance that the administrative arm of the state court system gave to judges, a trial court judge in Manhattan said Wednesday.

Judge Lyle E. Frank ordered the Office of Court Administration to give the NYCLU copies of memos and directives dating to Jan. 1, 2011, its counsel gave to judges on how to interpret court decisions and statutes.