Dawson v. Higgins

Full title: JOAN DAWSON et al., Appellants, v. RICHARD L. HIGGINS, as Commissioner of…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Oct 29, 1992

80 N.Y.2d 969 (N.Y. 1992)

591 N.Y.S.2d 135

605 N.E.2d 871

Opinion

Submitted October 19, 1992

Decided October 29, 1992

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]).