Case Name: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rena K. Uviller, on Behalf of Karen Holloway, Appellant, v. Milton Luger, as Director of the New York State Division for Youth, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-01-20
Citations: 38 N.Y.2d 854
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rena K. Uviller, on Behalf of Karen Holloway, Appellant, v Milton Luger, as Director of the New York State Division for Youth, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 38
Pages: 854–854

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York ex rel. Rena K. Uviller, on Behalf of Karen Holloway, Appellant, v Milton Luger, as Director of the New York State Division for Youth, et al., Respondents.
Argued January 13, 1976;
decided January 20, 1976
Rena K. Uviller and Charles Schinitsky for appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Alan W. Rubinstein and Jean M. Coon of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
Appeal transferred, without costs, to the Appellate Division, Third Department. A direct appeal does not lie since no substantial question is presented as to the constitutional validity of the challenged statute (Matter of Patricia A., 31 NY2d 83; Matter of Tomasita N., 30 NY2d 927, app dsmd 409 US 1052; Cohen and Karger, Powers of the New York Court of Appeals, § 55, at p 254). Accordingly, the appeal must be transferred to the Appellate Division (NY Const, art VI, § 5, subd b; see, e.g., Matter of Merced v Fisher, 38 NY2d 557).