ASSN. OF SURROGATES v. STATE


78 N.Y.2d 143 (1991)

Association of Surrogates and Supreme Court Reporters within the City of New York et al., Plaintiffs, v. State of New York et al., Defendants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 27, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Schlachter for plaintiffs.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Andrea Green of counsel), defendant pro se, and for State of New York and another, defendants.

Kenneth Falk and Michael Colodner for Matthew T. Crosson, defendant.

Nancy E. Hoffman, Jerome Lefkowitz and Marilyn S. Dymond for the Civil Service Employees Association, Inc., amicus curiae.

Eve I. Klein for the New York State Court Clerks Association, amicus curiae.

Richard R. Rowley, David C. Rowley, David P. Miranda and Kevin S. Casey for New York State Inspection, Security and Law Enforcement Employees, District Council 82, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.

Edward J. Groarke, Richard L. O'Hara and Scott P. Shelkin for New York State AFL-CIO, amicus curiae.

Bernard F. Ashe and Kevin H. Harren for New York State United Teachers, amicus curiae.

Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur in Per Curiam opinion; Chief Judge WACHTLER taking no part.


Per Curiam.

This appeal — here on a question of statutory interpretation certified to us by the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit — requires us to determine whether Civil Service Law § 204-a (1) makes "the compensation sections of collective bargaining agreements to which it applies conditional upon or subject to annual legislative appropriations." For the reasons that follow, we answer...

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