Opinion
Argued March 19, 1980
Decided April 3, 1980
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, ROBERT C. WILLIAMS, J.
Anthony Cagliostro and Martin L. Barr for appellants.
Albert H. Blumenthal, Stephanie Hill and Geoffrey McC. Johnson for New York State Court Officers Association and others, intervenors-appellants.
Adam Blumenstein for James R. Hannon, intervenor-appellant.
Michael Colodner, Stephen G. Crane, Norma Meacham Crotty and Patricia P. Satterfield for respondent. Beverly Gross and Linda M. Nelson for District Council 37, AFSCME, amicus curiae.
Order affirmed with costs, for reasons stated in the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division ( 71 A.D.2d 240).
Concur: Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER. Taking no part: Chief Judge COOKE,