Legal Opinion
Best v. State
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 10, 2014PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtStein, J.
Appeal from an order of the Court of Claims (Hard, J.), entered November 27, 2012, which, among other things, granted defendant’s cross motion to dismiss the claim.
Claimant commenced this action alleging that Supreme Court Justice James Gilpatric had engaged in “Intentional Professional and Malicious Misconduct” in the manner in which he presided over an action that claimant had brought in Supreme Court.* In its answer to the claim in the instant action, defendant asserted, among other things, the defense of judicial immunity. Claimant moved for summary judgment and defendant cross-moved to…
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- Lombardoni v. BoccaccioAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- Colin v. County of SuffolkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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