Case Name: In the Matter of Peter Sourian, Respondent-Appellant, v. Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich et al., Appellants-Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1987-03-26
Citations: 69 N.Y.2d 869
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Peter Sourian, Respondent-Appellant, v Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich et al., Appellants-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 69
Pages: 869–870

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Peter Sourian, Respondent-Appellant, v Yvonne Scruggs-Leftwich et al., Appellants-Respondents.
Decided March 26, 1987
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Dennis Hasher for appellants-respondents.
Maranda E. Fritz for respondent-appellant.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Appeal and cross appeal dismissed, without costs, by the Court of Appeals sua sponte, upon the ground that the order appealed from does not finally determine the proceeding within the meaning of the Constitution. Moreover, inasmuch as section Y51-9.0 (b) of the Administrative Code of the City of New York and section 8608 of McKinney's Unconsolidated Laws of NY (L 1962, ch 21, § 1 [8]) may not be constitutionally read to expand this court's jurisdiction, these provisions may not be interpreted to provide a jurisdictional predicate for appeal as of right from the nonfinal order (NY Const, art VI, § 3 [b]; CPLR 5601).