Matter of Bartsch v. State

Full title: In the Matter of SHEILA E. BARTSCH, Respondent, v. STATE OF NEW YORK…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 18, 1974

33 N.Y.2d 938 (N.Y. 1974)

353 N.Y.S.2d 727

309 N.E.2d 129

Opinion

Argued January 10, 1974

Decided January 18, 1974

Appeal from the Supreme Court, LOUIS B. HELLER, J.

Lewis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Amy Juviler and Irving Galt of counsel), for appellant.

Marjory D. Fields, John C. Gray, Jr., Edward W. Zawacki and Michael D. Hampden for respondent.

Norman Redlich, Corporation Counsel ( Nina G. Goldstein and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

Michael D. Hampden for Legal Aid Society, amicus curiae.

Appeal transferred to Appellate Division, Second Department, without costs. A direct appeal does not lie where questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved. (CPLR 5601, subd. [b], par. 2.) Appropriately, this appeal should be transferred to the Appellate Division. (N.Y. Const., art. VI, § 5, subd. b; cf. Martin v. Alabama 84 Truck Rental, 33 N.Y.2d 685; Ryan v. Freeman, 24 N.Y.2d 942; Adelman v. Adelman, 24 N.Y.2d 989; see, also, 7 Weinstein-Korn-Miller, N.Y. Civ. Prac., par. 5514.01, pp. 55-92.)