Gerzof v. Gulotta

• Decision Date: 03 September 1976
• Parties: , 355 N.E.2d 797 Julius GERZOF, a/k/a Julius M. Gerzof, Appellant, v. Frank A. GULOTTA, Individually and as Presiding Justice, etc., et al., Respondents.
• Court: New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals

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387 N.Y.S.2d 568

40 N.Y.2d 825, 355 N.E.2d 797

Julius GERZOF, a/k/a Julius M. Gerzof, Appellant, v. Frank A. GULOTTA, Individually and as Presiding Justice,

etc., et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Sept. 3, 1976.

Motion for a stay denied.

Cross-motion to dismiss the appeal granted only to the extent that the appeal is transferred, on constraint of the Constitution of the State of New York, Article VI, § 5, subdivision b, to the Appellate Division, Second Department (but see N.Y.Const., Art. VI, § 4, subd. i) on the ground that the sole constitutional question presented on this direct appeal is not substantial (see Mtr. of Gerzof, 45 A.D.2d 450, 359 N.Y.S.2d 76, leave to appeal denied, appeal as of right dismissed and stay denied, 35 N.Y.2d 644, 855 and 856, 362 N.Y.S.2d 1026, 363 N.Y.S.2d 1027, 321 N.E.2d 555, 884; Mildner v. Gulotta, D.C., 405 F.Supp. 182, affd. 425 U.S. 901, 96 S.Ct. 1489, 47 L.Ed.2d 751).