Association for the Preservation of Freedom of Choice, Inc. v. State

Although the motion papers contain only one caption, this motion is really made in two cases. We shall adopt counsels’ nomenclature of the “ Shapiro claim” (No. 38637) referring to the alleged acts of Mr. Justice J. Irwin Shapiro, and the “ Simon claim” (No. 38636) relating to the averred acts of Secretary of State Caroline K. Simon.

The claimant (or petitioner) moves for permission to (a) file its Shapiro claim pursuant to subdivision 5 of section 10 of the Court of Claims Act; and (b) “for an order staying proceedings of both the £ Simon claim ’ and the £ Shapiro claim ’ until the Court of…