New York State Court Clerks Ass'n v. Crosson

OPINION OF THE COURT

Richard B. Lowe, III, J.

This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding in which the petitioner seeks a judgment declaring that (1) respondent’s February 15, 1991 determination that the current salary grades for the trial court clerk titles are the appropriate salary grades for those titles is arbitrary, capricious and contrary to the law; (2) respondent’s treatment of incumbents in the appellate court clerk titles violates the State policy of “equal pay for equal work,” and equal protection principles under the State and Federal Constitutions; and (3) the February 15, 1991 directive…