Sobel v. Higgins

Full title: DENISE SOBEL, Appellant, v. RICHARD L. HIGGINS, as Commissioner of the New…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 23, 1991

79 N.Y.2d 822 (N.Y. 1991)

580 N.Y.S.2d 192

588 N.E.2d 90

Opinion

Submitted December 16, 1991

Decided December 23, 1991

Appeal transferred, without costs, by the Court of Appeals sua sponte, to the Appellate Division, First Department, upon the ground that a direct appeal does not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved (NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b] [2]; § 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).