BURKE v. CROSSON


85 N.Y.2d 10 (1995)

647 N.E.2d 736

623 N.Y.S.2d 524

William J. Burke et al., Respondents, v. Matthew T. Crosson, as Chief Administrator of the Courts of the State of New York, and as Representative of the Administrative Board of the Judicial Conference of the State of New York, et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 9, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, Albany (Frank K. Walsh, Jerry Boone and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for Edward Regan and another, appellants.

Michael Colodner, New York City, John Eiseman and John J. Sullivan for Matthew T. Crosson, appellant.

Julian & Pertz, P. C., Utica (Robert F. Julian of counsel), for respondents.

Judges SIMONS, BELLACOSA, SMITH, LEVINE and CIPARICK concur; Chief Judge KAYE taking no part.


TITONE, J.

Plaintiffs, three Onondaga County Court Judges, commenced this action, inter alia, to challenge the disparity that exists between their salary and the salary of their counterparts in 13 other counties. Defendants seek appellate review of a Supreme Court decision that dismissed most of plaintiffs' claims but granted them summary judgment on their first cause of action. The critical threshold issue...

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