Nelson v. Lippman

Cross appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Teresi, J.), entered January 8, 1999 in Albany County, which, inter alia, granted plaintiffs’ motion for summary judgment.

Plaintiffs, two Judges of the Rockland County Family Court and two Judges of the Rockland County Court, commenced this action seeking declaratory, injunctive and monetary relief to eliminate the disparity between their judicial salaries and the salaries paid to their counterparts in Suffolk County pursuant to Judiciary Law §§ 221-e and 221-d, respectively. Specifically, plaintiffs claim that the legislatively enacted…