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BARR v. CROSSON

95 N.Y.2d 164 (2000)

733 N.E.2d 217

711 N.Y.S.2d 145

CULVER K. BARR et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Present and Future Judges of the County Court of Monroe County, Respondents-Appellants, 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-Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 20, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, Albany (Julie M. Sheridan, Preeta D. Bansal, Peter H. Schiff, Nancy A. Spiegel and Frank K. Walsh of counsel), for Edward Regan and another, appellants-respondents.

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

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

Judges BELLACOSA, LEVINE, CIPARICK and ROSENBLATT concur; Chief Judge KAYE and Judge WESLEY taking no part.

OPINION OF THE COURT

SMITH, J.

The primary issue on appeal is whether this latest challenged judicial salary disparity survives equal protection constitutional scrutiny. We hold that it does.

In March 1991, plaintiffs, current and former Monroe County Court Judges, commenced this action in Supreme Court, Monroe County, seeking a declaratory judgment and ancillary injunctive and monetary relief against...

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