This is Karen Austin's final appearance on the show although she continued to receive on-screen credit through the end of the season.
It is mentioned in this episode that the court is in the 18th floor of the building.
First appearance of Yakov Smirnoff as Yakov Korolenko, a Soviet defector. He would appear in four more episodes through to Season 8.
The inspired idea to try to find a translator via dining establishments specializing in food from the speaker's country was also used in Season 5 of Barney Miller (1975) (The Baby Broker (1978)), when the detectives of the 12th need to quickly find someone who can speak German. Reinhold Weege, who created Night Court, earlier served as a writer and co-producer on Miller.