Return to New Filings Page


For September 10, 2021 through September 16, 2021, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

TCR SPORTS BROADCASTING v WN PARTNER (187 AD3d 623):
1st Dept. App. Div. order of 10/22/20; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by the Court of Appeals, 9/2/21; Arbitration--Agreement to Arbitrate--Forum--Whether courts have the power, after vacating an arbitration award based on "evident partiality" related to the forum, to order rehearing in a forum other than that provided for in the parties' arbitration agreement; Supreme Court awarded money judgment; App Div. affirmed.

PEOPLE v SPOSITO (JOSEPH) (193 AD3d 1236): 3rd Dept. App. Div. order of 4/22/21; affirmance; leave to appeal granted by Colangelo, J. 7/1/21; Crimes--Right to Counsel--Whether defense counsel was ineffective in waiving a suppression hearing and in failing to consult with or call experts to rebut the People's expert proof; Supreme Court, Albany County, denied defendant's motion pursuant to CPL 440.10 to vacate the judgment convicting him of rape in the first degree and criminal sexual act in the first degree; App. Div. affirmed.

For September 17, 2021 through September 23, 2021, the following preliminary appeal statements were filed:

MATTER OF TALBOT V. (KINGSBORO) (192 AD3d 1123):
2nd Dept. App. Div. order of 3/31/21; dismissal in part and affirmance in part; leave to appeal granted by Court of Appeals, 9/9/21; Incapacitated and Mentally Disabled Persons--Involuntary Commitment--In a proceeding pursuant to Mental Hygiene Law § 9.33 for the involuntary retention of a patient not to exceed 24 months, whether Mental Hygiene Law § 9.31 requires the patient to be provided with a copy of their complete clinical record prior to a hearing on the petition; mootness; Supreme Court, Kings County, granted the petition; App.Div. dismissed, as academic, the appeal from so much of the Supreme Court order as directed that the patient be retained for a period of 6 months and otherwise affirmed the order insofar as reviewed.