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THE PEOPLE FIGHT BACK...

CJA's Motion to Intervene on behalf of the People of the State of New York
& the Public Interest
for a Declaration of Unconstitutionality, Etc.
vs Commission to Investigate Public Corruption

 

April 23, 2014 ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE
& Proposed Verified Complaint


June 17, 2014 MOTION FOR REARGUMENT/RENEWAL,
VACATUR & OTHER RELIEF
 

 

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CPLR §1012(a)(2): Intervention as of right:
  "(a) Intervention as of right.  Upon  timely  motion,  any person shall be permitted to intervene in any action:...
2. when the representation of the person's interest by the parties  is or  may be inadequate and the person is or may be bound by the judgment"

CPLR §1013: Intervention by permission:
Upon timely motion, any person may be  permitted  to  intervene  in  any action
... when the person's claim or defense and the main action have a common question  of   law  or  fact.  In  exercising  its discretion, the court shall consider whether the intervention will unduly  delay  the  determination  of  the   action or prejudice the substantial rights of any party.
 

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CPLR §3217:  "Voluntary discontinuance"
(b) "By order of court
Except as provided by subdivision (a),
an action shall not be discontinued by a party asserting a claim
except upon order of the court and upon terms and conditions, as the court deems proper..."
(a) Without an order
Any party asserting a claim may discontinue it without an order...
2.  by filing with the clerk of the court before the case has been submitted to the court or jury
a stipulation in writing signed by the attorneys of record for all parties,
provided...no person not a party has an interest in the subject matter of the action"

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click here for:
The Legislature's Declaratory Judgment Action
vs the Commission -- & Other Lawsuits vs It

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CJA's FOIL REQUESTS

1.
CJA's December 16, 2013 FOIL records request to Senate & Assembly --
"Retention of Counsel for Purposes of Legal Representation
& Litigation against the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption"

Senate's December 23, 2013 response
enclosure

Assembly's December 23, 2013 response
enclosure-Justification for Contract: Kasowitz firm

 

2.
CJA's March 6, 2014 FOIL records request to Senate --
"Again, Retention of Counsel for Purposes of Legal Representation
& Litigation against the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption" 

Senate's March 13, 2014 response

 

3.
CJA's March 11, 2014 FOIL/records request to Assembly --
"UPDATE: Legal Representation and Litigation
against the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption"

Assembly's March 18, 2014 response
enclosure-letter-amendment/Kasowitz firm

 

4.
CJA's July 1, 2014 FOIL/records request
to Records Access Officers for Governor, Attorney General, & Comptroller
--
"FOIL REQUEST: Contract/Retainer for Legal Services of Michael Koenig, Esq.
as Counsel to the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption"

Governor
July 9, 2014 acknowledgment
August 6, 2014 response
 

Comptroller: 
July 10, 2014 acknowledgment
July 14, 2014: "unable to locate any records"

Attorney General: 
July 9, 2014 acknowledgment
August 6, 2014 response
 pages 1-20 pages 21-26

 

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State Finance Law 139-J

State Finance Law 139-K

State Finance Law 165-A

State Finance Law 112

 

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Exposing the Fraud of the Commission to Investigate Public Corruption

Assisting U.S. Attorney Bharara Live Up To His Rhetoric

CJA's Citizen-Taxpayer Actions to End NYS' Corrupt Budget "Process"
& Unconstitutional "Three Men in a Room" Governance 

 

CJA's VIDEO & PAPER TRAIL CHRONOLOGY
of the Corrupt Commission Scheme
to Raise Salaries of Corrupt Public Officers (2011 - to date)


 

 

 

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