Title: In the Matter of Robert B. Bernstein v. Paul J. Feiner.

State: new-york

Issuer: New York Appellate Court

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This memorandum is uncorrected and subject to revision before
publication in the New York Reports.
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No. 16  
In the Matter of Robert B. 
Bernstein, 
            Appellant,     
        v. 
Paul J. Feiner, &c., et al.,
            Respondents, 
Jay Leon, &c., et al.,
        Intervenors-Respondents.
Appellant Robert B. Bernstein, Esq., pro se.
Timothy W. Lewis, Esq., for respondents.
Nicholas M. Ward-Willis, Esq., for intervenors-
respondents.
MEMORANDUM:
The appeal should be dismissed, without costs, upon the
ground that no substantial constitutional question is directly
involved.  
Although petitioner's facial and as-applied challenges
to the Finneran Law (L 1982, ch 891) were addressed by the
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Appellate Division, they are not substantial.  Petitioner's
facial challenge, insofar as it is predicated on New York
Constitution article VIII, § 3, was not raised at the Appellate
Division and therefore was not directly involved.  
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Appeal dismissed, without costs, in a memorandum.  Acting Chief
Judge Ciparick and Judges Graffeo, Read, Smith, Pigott and Jones 
concur.
Decided January 22, 2009