Majority
p. 674William E. J. Connor, Appellant, v Muriel Siebert, as Superintendent of the New York State Banking Department, Respondent. Harvey D. Young, Appellant, v Muriel Siebert, as Superintendent of the New York State Banking Department, Respondent. Argued March 25, 1982; decided May 4, 1982
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APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
William E.J. Connor, pro se, and Earl Schram, Jr., Marc I. Gold and Daniel J. Tuczinski for William E.J. Connor and another, appellants.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (John Q. Driscoll and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.
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OPINION OF THE COURT
The orders of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
It was not an abuse of discretion as a matter of law for the Appellate Division to decline to entertain these actions for declaratory judgments on the ground that “no justiciable controversy exists upon which [the court] can properly rule” (CPLR 3001; New York Public Interest Research Group v Carey, 42 NY2d 527 ).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer concur.
In each case: Order affirmed, with costs, in a memorandum.