Weissman v. Bellacosa
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kooper, J.
The question to be resolved on appeal is whether statutorily prescribed disparities in the salaries of certain County Court Judges serving in adjoining localities comport with both Federal and State constitutional mandates guaranteeing citizens equal protection of the laws (US Const 14th Amend; NY Const, art I, § 11). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that the disparate financial treatment perpetuated by the legislation challenged at bar deprives the plaintiffs of their rights to equal protection and, accordingly, we reverse the judgment of Special Term.
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