Legal Opinion
Scott v. Coleman
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided July 7, 2005PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMugglin, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court (Benza, J.), entered January 15, 2004 in Albany County, which, in a proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78, dismissed petitioner’s application for an award of counsel fees.
Petitioner was adjudicated to be in criminal contempt during a bench trial before respondent, an Albany City Court Judge. Following payment of a $250 fine, petitioner commenced this CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to expunge the contempt finding and obtain return of the fine. Supreme Court granted the relief requested because respondent failed to reduce the contempt order to…
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