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New York Court of Appeals Decision Regarding Judicial Pay

By David Badertscher, PLL

In a 5 - 1 decision  on February 23, 2010 the New York Court of Appeals found that the legislature and the executive branches had undermined the independence of the judicial branch by tying judges pay raises to unrelated legislation, including bills to raise legislators own salaries, thereby violating the separation of powers doctrine. The last pay raise for New York judges was in 1998. for more information and access to links go to:

http://www.criminallawlibraryblog.com/2010/02/new_york_court_of_appeals_deci.html

Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on February 23, 2010 (boomark / email).