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Maroulis v. 64th Street-Third Avenue Associates

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 15, 1991
77 N.Y.2d 831 (N.Y. 1991)

Opinion

Submitted November 13, 1990

Decided January 15, 1991

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, J.

David Berg, appellant pro se, and for Betsy Berg, appellant.

Richard E. Hahn for respondents.


Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon the ground that the order sought to be appealed from does not finally determine the action within the meaning of the Constitution.

Cross motion for sanctions granted and sanctions in the amount of $2,500 imposed upon David Berg, Esq. This current motion for leave to appeal from a nonfinal order in this action involving an accounting for a partnership dissolved in 1975 is frivolous within the meaning of 22 N.Y.CRR 130-1.1 (a) and (c). No reasonable argument can be made that the current motion is within the jurisdiction of this Court. The persistent course of party-attorney Berg's frivolous and meritless motion practice in this Court, including motions clearly outside the Court's jurisdiction, and repetitive motions for reargument, constitutes a strategy undertaken primarily to delay resolution of the litigation (22 N.Y.CRR 130-1.1 [c] [2]). This abuse of the judicial process supports the imposition of sanctions.


Summaries of

Maroulis v. 64th Street-Third Avenue Associates

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jan 15, 1991
77 N.Y.2d 831 (N.Y. 1991)
Case details for

Maroulis v. 64th Street-Third Avenue Associates

Case Details

Full title:NORAH MAROULIS et al., Respondents, v. 64TH STREET-THIRD AVENUE ASSOCIATES…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jan 15, 1991

Citations

77 N.Y.2d 831 (N.Y. 1991)
566 N.Y.S.2d 584
567 N.E.2d 978

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