STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Appellants,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED et al., Appellants, et al., Defendants, and
SULLIVAN PAPAIN BLOCK McGRATH & CANNAVO, P.C., Intervenors-Appellants.
STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Appellants,
v.
PHILIP MORRIS INCORPORATED et al., Respondents, and
SULLIVAN PAPAIN BLOCK McGRATH & CANNAVO, P.C., et al., Intervenors-Appellants.
JACK S. HOFFINGER, ESQ., et al., Nonparty Respondents.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
July 31, 2003.
July 31, 2003.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Sachin S. Pandya of counsel, New York City (Michael S. Belohlavek on the brief; Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, attorney), for plaintiffs-appellants.
Derek J. Meyer of counsel, Chicago, Illinois (Jeffrey E. Stone, Geoffrey A. Vance, Michael A. Pope and Elliot Silverman on the brief; McDermott, Will & Emery, attorneys), for defendants-appellants.
Brian J. Shoot of counsel, New York City (Nicholas Papain on the brief; Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, P.C., attorneys), for Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo, P.C., intervenor-appellant.
Steven L. Levitt of counsel, Williston Park (Philip M. Damashek and Dale M. Thuillez on the brief; Steven L. Levitt & Associates, P.C., attorneys), for Schneider, Kleinick, Weitz & Damashek and another, intervenors-appellants.
Samuel Issacharoff, New York City, for Ness, Motley, LLC, Hagens & Berman, P.S., and another, intervenors-appellants.
Donald N. David of counsel, New York City (Bruce N. Lederman on the brief; Fischbein Badillo Wagner Harding, attorneys), for Pamela Anagnos Liapakis, intervenor-appellant.
Jack S. Hoffinger and Harvey Fishbein of counsel, New York City (Hoffinger, Stern & Ross, LLP, and Gould Fishbein Reimer & Gottfried, LLP, attorneys), for nonparty respondents.
NARDELLI, J.P., TOM and LERNER, JJ., concur.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ANDRIAS, J.
The issue before the Court is whether a Commercial Division Justice has the power to initiate a sua sponte inquiry into an arbitration panel's award of legal fees rendered pursuant to the provisions of a settlement agreement, where the Consent Decree and Final Judgment settling the matter limited the parties' future applications to the court to those necessary or appropriate to...
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