Bender & Bodnar v. Buell

Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 to prohibit the enforcement of an order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Buell, J.), entered April 15, 1988, which fined the petitioner $250 for failure to appear at a pretrial conference.

Adjudged that the petition is granted, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and the respondent is prohibited from enforcing the order entered April 15, 1988.

The respondent is a Justice of the Supreme Court, Westchester County, who was presiding over an action; the petitioner is a firm of attorneys which represents the defendant therein. On January 14,…