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IN RE: Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc. et al., Appellants, v. New York State Joint Commission on Public Ethics, et al., Respondents. (Index No. 904235-22) (APL-2024-150)
IN RE: Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc. et al., Appellants, v. New York State Commission on Legislative, Judicial, and Executive Compensation, et al., Respondents. (Index No. 902654-24) (APL-2024-149 and APL-2024-175)
On the Court's own motion, appeals, insofar as taken on behalf of Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc. by Elena Ruth Sassower, dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that Elena Ruth Sassower is not Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.'s authorized legal representative (see CPLR 321 [a]); appeal in the first captioned matter insofar as taken by Elena Ruth Sassower on her own behalf, from the October 2024 Appellate Division order, dismissed, without costs, upon the ground that the order appealed from does not finally determine the proceeding/action within the meaning of the Constitution and appeal insofar as also treated as taken from the June 2024 Appellate Division order dismissed, without costs, upon the grounds that (1) as to the portion of the order that affirmed the dismissal of the petition and the denial of sanctions, no substantial constitutional question is directly involved and (2) the order does not otherwise finally determine the proceeding/action within the meaning of the Constitution; appeals in the second captioned matter insofar as taken by Elena Ruth Sassower on her own behalf, from the August 2024 Supreme Court orders and November 2024 Supreme Court order, transferred, without costs, to the Appellate Division, Third Department, upon the ground that direct appeals do not lie when questions other than the constitutional validity of a statute are involved (see NY Const, art VI, § § 3 [b] [2], 5 [b]; CPLR 5601 [b] [2]).
Motion, on behalf of Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc. by Elena Ruth Sassower, for sanctions & amp;c. dismissed upon the ground that Elena Ruth Sassower is not Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.'s authorized legal representative (see CPLR 321 [a]); motion, by Elena Ruth Sassower on her own behalf, for sanctions & amp;c. denied.
Chief Judge Wilson took no part.
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Docket No: 2025-25
Decided: March 18, 2025
Court: Court of Appeals of New York.
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