City of Buffalo v. Williams

Full title: CITY OF BUFFALO, Appellant, v. WILLIE WILLIAMS et al., Respondent

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Apr 7, 1977

41 N.Y.2d 1006 (N.Y. 1977)

395 N.Y.S.2d 449

363 N.E.2d 1184

Opinion

Submitted March 14, 1977

Decided April 7, 1977

Motion to dismiss the appeal herein granted to the extent that the appeal is transferred to the County Court, Erie County, without costs (UCCA, § 1701). A direct appeal does not lie where questions other than the constitutional validity of a statutory provision are involved. (NY Const, art VI, § 3, subd b, par [2]; § 5, subd b; CPLR 5601, subd [b], par 2; Matter of Bartsch v State of New York, 33 N.Y.2d 938.)