Reports State New York State Governor Will Nominate Justice Jonathan Lippman Tomorrow

Certain news resources are reporting that New York Governor David Paterson will nominate Justice Jonathan Lippman as New York's new Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.  This is the first time since 1897 that a chief judge has ascended to this position without already sitting on the Court.

Here is an article from the New York Law Journal; one from Bloomberg.com; and one from the New York Times.