# Board of Education v. Ambach

> New York Court of Appeals · May 20, 1982 · 56 N.Y.2d 792

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5534844

## Case

- **Full name:** In the Matter of Board of Education of the Three Village Central Schools of the Towns of Brook-haven and Smithtown v. Gordon M. Ambach, as Commissioner of Education of the State of New York, and Mary Jane Leichner
- **Court:** New York Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** May 20, 1982
- **Citations:** 56 N.Y.2d 792; 452 N.Y.S.2d 397; 437 N.E.2d 1154; 1982 N.Y. LEXIS 3439
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 3 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

OPINION OF THE COURT
On review of submissions pursuant to rule 500.2 (b) of the Rules of the Court of Appeals (22 NYCRR 500.2 [b]), order reversed, with costs, and the matter remitted to the Appellate Division, Third Department, for review of the judgment of Special Term entered in this proceeding. The *794 order of Special Term entered in a prior separate proceeding brought by respondent Leichner pursuant to CPLR article 78 is not a nonfinal order which necessarily affects the final judgment in this proceeding (CPLR 5501, subd [a], par 1) and, accordingly, is not subject to review in this proceeding.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.

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