Court of Appeals Decision List
Decided June 7, 2005
Cases
Matter of the Arbitration
between Buffalo Police Benevolent
Association,
Respondent,
-and-
City of Buffalo,
Appellant.
Order reversed, with costs, and
arbitration award vacated.
Opinion by Judge R.S. Smith.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo and Read
concur.
Country Wide Insurance Company,
Appellant,

v.
National Railroad Passenger
Corporation, also known as
Amtrak,
Respondent.
Hui Haw So, et al.,
Plaintiffs.
Certification of questions by the United
States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit, pursuant to section 500.17 of
this Court's Rules of Practice, accepted
and the issues presented are to be
considered after briefing and argument.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and
R.S. Smith concur.
EBC I, Inc., &c .,
Respondent,
v.
Goldman Sachs & Co.,
Appellant.


Order modified, without costs, by
dismissing the second, fourth and fifth
causes of action and, as so modified,
affirmed. Certified question answered
in the negative.
Opinion by Judge Ciparick.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Rosenblatt, Graffeo and R.S. Smith
concur.
Judge Read dissents in part in an
opinion.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Abdel Hamilton,
Appellant.

Order modified by vacating the sentence
imposed on defendant's conviction of
criminal possession of a weapon in the
second degree and remitting to Supreme
Court, Bronx County, for resentencing
and, as so modified, affirmed.
Opinion by Judge Rosenblatt.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith
concur.
The People &c.,
Appellant,
v.
Jerry W. Moore,
Respondent.
Order affirmed, in a memorandum.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges G.B. Smith,
Ciparick, Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and
R.S. Smith concur.
Matter of National Gypsum
Company, Inc.,
Respondent,
v.
Assessor of Town of Tonawanda,
et al.,
Appellants,
Kenmore-Tonawanda Union Free
School District Board of
Education,
Intervenor-Respondent.
Order affirmed, with costs, and certified
question answered in the affirmative.
Opinion by Judge G.B. Smith.
Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Ciparick,
Rosenblatt, Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith
concur.

Stichting Ter Behartiging Van de
Belangen Van Oudaandeelhouders
in Het Kapitaal Van Saybolt
International B.V., &c.,
Appellant-Respondent,
v.
Philippe S.E. Schreiber, et al.,
Respondents-Appellants,
et al.,
Third-Party Defendant,
et al.,
Defendants.

Certification of questions by the United
States Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit, pursuant to section 500.17 of
this Court's Rules of Practice, accepted
and the issues presented are to be
considered after briefing and argument.
Judges G.B. Smith, Ciparick, Rosenblatt,
Graffeo, Read and R.S. Smith concur.
Chief Judge Kaye took no part.
Motions
In the Matter of the Liquidation
of American Druggists' Insurance
Company, &c.
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The Superintendent of Insurance
of the State of New York, &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Denis D. Kenny,
Appellant.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
In the Matter of Barbara Barrow,
Respondent,
v.
Michael L. Kirksey,
Appellant.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Michael Burress,
Appellant,
v.
Richard Dennison, Acting
Chairman, New York State Division
of Parole,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the proceeding within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Motion for poor person relief dismissed as
academic.
B.D. Cooke & Partners Limited
as Assignee of Citizens Casualty
Company of New York (in
Liquidation),
Respondent,
v.
Nationwide Mutual Insurance
Company,
Appellant.

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
B.M.H. Management, Inc.,
Respondent,
v.
81 & 3 of Watertown, Inc.,
et al.,
Appellants.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
B.M.H. Management, Inc.,
Respondent,
v.
81 & 3 of Watertown, Inc.,
et al.,
Appellants.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Johanna Carlson-
Fanelli,
Respondent,
v.
St. Luke's Memorial Hospital
Center et al.,
Appellants.
Workers' Compensation Board,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the orders sought to be
appealed from do not finally determine
the proceeding within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Benny Cohen,
Appellant,
v.
Joseph L. Paul, et al.,
Defendants,
Allstate Insurance Company,
Respondent.
Motion for reargument of motion for leave
to appeal denied with one hundred dollars
costs and necessary reproduction
disbursements.
Sara M. DeFilippo et al.,
Appellants,
v.
The Mutual Life Insurance Company
of New York et al.,
Respondents.

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the orders sought to be
appealed from do not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
In the Matter of Wilfredo Diaz,
Appellant,
v.
Glenn S. Goord, &c.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Frank Dudish,
Appellant,
v.
New York State Division of Human
Rights, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
The People &c.,
Appellant,
v.
Faye Dunn,
Respondent.
Motion for assignment of counsel granted
and Steven Feldman, Esq., 626 EAB Plaza,
West Tower, 6th Floor, Uniondale, NY 11556
assigned nunc pro tunc as counsel to the
respondent on the appeal herein.
In the Matter of Thomas J.
Evangelista,
Appellant,
v.
Raymond Kelly, as Police Commis-
sioner of the City of New York,
&c.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Hon. Michael H.
Feinberg, Surrogate of Kings
County.
Petitioner,
For Review of Determination of
State Commission on Judicial
Conduct,
Respondent.

Motion by the Surrogate's Association of
the State of New York for leave to file a
brief amicus curiae on the request for
review herein granted and the proposed
brief is accepted as filed.
Moses Flores,
Plaintiff,
v.
The Lower East Side Service
Center, Inc.,
Third-Party Appellant,
v.
Procida Realty and Construction
Corp.,
Third-Party Respondent.
Motion for reargument denied.
In the Matter of Brian Latimore,
Appellant,
v.
Millard J. Hyland, &c., et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Edwin Deane Leonard, et al.,
Appellants,
v.
James Daly, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Eduard Lleshanaku et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Kenmore Associates, L.P. et al.,
Respondents.

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that this Court does not have
jurisdiction to entertain this motion for
leave to appeal from the order of the
Appellate Division where the appeal to the
Appellate Division was from an order
entered in an appeal from another court
(see, NY Const, art VI, § 3[b][7]; CPLR
5602[a]).
The People &c. ex rel. Leslie
Maize,
Appellant,
v.
Mr. Riley,
Respondent.

Motion for leave to appeal denied.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Calvin Moore,
Appellant.
Motion for assignment of counsel granted
and Lynn W.L. Fahey, Esq., Appellate
Advocates, 2 Rector Street, 10th Floor,
New York, NY 10006 assigned as counsel to
the appellant on the appeal herein.
Frank R. Provenzano,
Appellant,
v.
Yevgeny Ioffe,
Defendant,
Svetlana Ginzberg, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Quality Investors, Ltd., et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Lloyd's London, England, &c.,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Marjorie Rosenkrantz,
Appellant,
v.
Harriet M. Steinberg, P.C.
et al.,
Respondents.
Motion, insofar as it seeks leave to
appeal from that portion of the Appellate
Division order that denied appellant's
motion to amend her complaint, dismissed
upon the ground that such portion of the
order does not finally determine the
action within the meaning of the Constitu-
tion; motion for leave to appeal otherwise
denied.
Barbara Samide,
Respondent,
v.
Roman Catholic Diocese of
Brooklyn, et al.,
Appellants,
John Thompson,
Defendant.

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
In the Matter of Sandra S.
(Anonymous),
Appellant;
Commissioner of Social Services
of the City of New York, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Jill Shuler, et al.,
Appellants,
v.
Larry Dupree, et al.,
Respondents.

Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Motion for poor person relief dismissed as
academic.
Wardell Simon, Jr.,
Appellant,
v.
City of Syracuse Police
Department,
Respondent.
Appeal dismissed without costs, by the
Court sua sponte, upon the ground that
the order appealed from does not finally
determine the action within the meaning
of the Constitution.
Edward Smith,
Appellant,
v.
Southside Hospital, et al.,
Respondents.
Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
In the Matter of Kevin Smith,
Appellant,
v.
Supreme Court, Kings County,
&c., et al.,
Respondents.

Motion for leave to appeal denied.
Motion for poor person relief dismissed
as academic.
Judge Rosenblatt took no part.
State Street Bank and Trust
Company, &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Dortha Coakley, et al.,
Defendants,
Donald MacPherson,
Appellant.
Motion for leave to appeal dismissed upon
the ground that the order sought to be
appealed from does not finally determine
the action within the meaning of the
Constitution.
Gerard V. Sunnen,
Appellant,
v.
The New York State Department
of Health, Board of Professional
Medical Conduct,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.
In the Matter of Ernest W. Vann,
Appellant,
v.
William J. Callahan, as
Administrative Officer,
New York State Police,
Respondent.
Appeal dismissed without costs, by the
Court sua sponte, upon the ground that
no substantial constitutional question
is directly involved.
The People &c.,
Respondent,
v.
Matthew Waldron,
Appellant.

Motion for substitution of assigned
counsel granted and David J. Wukitsch,
Esq., c/o McNamee Lochner Titus &
Williams, P.C., 75 State Street, P.O. Box
459, Albany, NY 12201 is assigned in the
place and stead of J. Scott Porter, Esq.,
as counsel to the appellant on the appeal
herein.
Frances L. Wall,
Appellant,
v.
Town of Niskayuna,
Respondent.

Motion for leave to appeal denied with
one hundred dollars costs and necessary
reproduction disbursements.
Kim Williams et al.,
Respondents,
v.
Rachel LeChase, et al.,
Appellants,
Bibby Electric,
Respondent.
Motion, insofar as it seeks leave to
appeal as against Bibby Electric, denied;
motion, insofar as it seeks leave to
appeal as against the plaintiffs,
dismissed upon the ground that as to them,
the orders sought to be appealed from do
not finally determine the action within
the meaning of the Constitution.


In the Matter of Terrence Q.
Williams,
Appellant,
v.
Jill M. Reynolds,
Respondent.
Motion for leave to appeal denied.