Legal Opinion
MATTER OF MARON v. Silver
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 2010No. 16, 17, 18PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Pigott, J.
The constitutional arguments raised in these judicial compensation appeals are premised upon, among other things, alleged violations of the New York State Constitution’s Compensation Clause and the Separation of Powers Doctrine. Because the Separation of Powers Doctrine is aimed at preventing one branch of government from dominating or interfering with the functioning of another coequal branch, we conclude that the independence of the Judiciary is improperly jeopardized by the current judicial pay crisis and this constitutes a violation of the Separation of…
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