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Calfapietra v. Donahue

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 5, 1984
100 A.D.2d 504 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

Opinion

March 5, 1984


In two actions to declare that petitioners should receive the same salary increment for the calendar years 1982 to 1984 as other members of their negotiating unit, the appeals are from two judgments of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Kelly, J.), both entered January 17, 1983, which dismissed the actions as time barred and for failure to state causes of action. ¶ Judgments affirmed, with one bill of costs. ¶ We agree with Special Term's findings that petitioners fail to state causes of action against respondents (see Berlyn v Board of Educ., 80 A.D.2d 572, aff'd. 55 N.Y.2d 912; Antinore v State of New York, 49 A.D.2d 6, aff'd. 40 N.Y.2d 921). We note, however, that, although these suits were commenced as proceedings pursuant to CPLR article 78, petitioners, in effect, sought declaratory judgments construing their rights under a collective bargaining agreement. Therefore, the applicable Statute of Limitations is the six-year period in CPLR 213 (subd 2) governing contract claims, and the claims are not time barred (see Solnick v Whalen, 49 N.Y.2d 224; Cromer v County of Nassau, 77 A.D.2d 610, revd on other grounds 54 N.Y.2d 927). Titone, J.P., Bracken, Brown and Rubin, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Calfapietra v. Donahue

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Mar 5, 1984
100 A.D.2d 504 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)
Case details for

Calfapietra v. Donahue

Case Details

Full title:MARY CALFAPIETRA et al., Appellants, v. JEROME P. DONAHUE et al.…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Mar 5, 1984

Citations

100 A.D.2d 504 (N.Y. App. Div. 1984)

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