Bestafka v. County of Suffolk

In a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 which was sua sponte converted pursuant to CPLR 3001 and 103 (c) by Special Term into an action for a declaratory judgment, the County of Suffolk appeals from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Gerard, J.), dated September 3, 1985, as declared that the county was required pursuant to Local Laws, 1985, No. 6 (3) (a) of Suffolk County to provide a defense to the petitioner in certain pending litigation in the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, insofar as the complaint therein charged the petitioner with "violations of 42 USC §§…