"The supreme court may render a declaratory judgment having the effect of a final judgment as to the rights and other legal relations of the parties to a justiciable controversy whether or not further relief is or could be claimed" (CPLR 3001). A declaratory judgment action thus "requires an actual controversy between genuine disputants with a stake in the outcome," and may not be used as "a vehicle for an advisory opinion" (Siegel, Practice Commentaries, McKinney's Cons...
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