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TSACHALIS v. CITY OF MT. VERNON

283 A.D.2d 420 (2001)

723 N.Y.S.2d 870

PETER TSACHALIS, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MT. VERNON et al., Defendants. RICHARD L. GIAMPA, Nonparty Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 7, 2001.

Ordered that the orders are reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the contempt adjudications are vacated.

We find no basis in the record for the determinations summarily adjudicating the appellant to be in contempt of court. The record does not show that the appellant acted for any reason other than to protect the record in the best interests of his client (see, Matter of Traynor v Lange, 178 A.D.2d 481

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