THE GEORGE SASSOWER, ESQ. LEGACY PROJECT --
Was he correct, on
the facts & on the law?
FIRST BASELESS, MALICIOUS DISCIPLINARY
PROCEEDING
vs GEORGE SASSOWER -- & HIS RESOUNDING
VINDICATION
February 4, 1982 referee report to
the Appellate Division, First Dept.
"To
properly understand this highly extraordinary case...it is
necessary
to
go
back
prior
to
the
inception
of
any proceeding
referred
to herein. It is
the
predicate
for much that follows. This can best be provided
by
the
respondent [George Sassower].
In
this
regard,
whenever
anything
that
respondent
says
is challenged in the evidence it will be
so indicated.
otherwise,
whatever
he
says
is
supported by documentary evidence, is supported by petitioner's
witnesses, or is
uncontradicted.
(at p. 18, underlining in the report)
George Sassower's March 22, 1982 motion
George Sassower's June 16, 1982 notice of cross-motion
with 229-page
supporting affidavit, prefaced by a TABLE OF CONTENTS, as follows:
A. The Mandate of Presiding Justice
Milton Mollen..................................10
B. The Course
Justice Mollen should have pursued.................................22
C.
The Lies Published by Surrogate
Signorelli.........................................41
Signorelli Published Lie
#1..............................................................42
Signorelli Published Lie
#2..............................................................43
Signorelli Published Lie
#3..............................................................53
Signorelli Published Lie
#4..............................................................54
Signorelli Published Lie
#5..............................................................55
Signorelli Published Lie
#6..............................................................65
Signorelli Published Lie
#7..............................................................70
Signorelli Published Lie
#8..............................................................73
Signorelli Published Lie
#9............................................................102
Signorelli Published Lie
#10..........................................................103
Signorelli Published Lie
#11..........................................................114
Signorelli Published Lie
#12..........................................................116
Signorelli Published Lie
#13..........................................................118
Signorelli Published Lie
#14..........................................................119
Signorelli Published Lie
#15..........................................................122
Signorelli Published Lie
#16..........................................................125
Signorelli Published Lie
#17..........................................................140
Signorelli Published Lie
#18..........................................................145
Signorelli Published Lie
#19..........................................................145
Signorelli Published Lie
#20..........................................................159
Signorelli Published Lie
#21..........................................................160
Signorelli Published Lie
#22..........................................................162
Signorelli Published Lie
#23..........................................................167
Signorelli Published Lie
#24..........................................................173
Signorelli Published Lie
#25..........................................................206
Signorelli Published Lie
#26..........................................................208
Signorelli Published Lie
#27..........................................................210
Signorelli Published Lie
#28..........................................................212
Signorelli Published Lie
#29..........................................................213
Signorelli Published Lie
#30..........................................................213
D. Surrogate's Court under
Surrogate Hildreth......................................216
E.
Surrogate's Court under Surrogate
Signorelli...................................216
F. The
Testimonial Lies of Surrogate Signorelli
...................................219
G. The Relief Prayed
For......................................................................215
H.
Conclusion.......................................................................................228
Sassower's June 18, 1982 motion
Sassower's July 29, 1982 verified complaint (SDNY) --
George Sassower v. Appellate Division of the Supreme Court
of the State of New York
-- Second & First Judicial Departments
Sassower's September 15, 1982 affidavit
Appellate Division's November 15, 1982 order
-- confirming the Referee's February 4, 1982 report "in its
entirety" and denying Sassower's cross-motion as follows,
WITHOUT REASONS:
"Respondent
has declined to request confirmation of the referee's
report, choosing instead to proceed by a cross-motion for an
order 'nullifying all of the disciplinary proceedings
against respondent, nunc pro tunc...", expunging all records
of same,' and for related relief... To the extent that
the cross-motion...is deemed a motion to confirm the
referee's report,...the motion is granted to that extent,
and is in all other respects denied"
A
ppellate
Division's
November 19, 1982 order
-- confirming the Referee's
February 4, 1982 report "in its entirety" and denying,
WITHOUT REASONS, Sassower's
cross-motion "in all other respects"
Sassower's February 23, 1984 letter to Appellate Division
Presiding Justices -- 1st & 2nd Depts --
"...I hereby voluntarily waive any and all right or
privilege of confidentiality, without reservation, in the
above matter, and further assert the unbridled right and
privilege of deeming any and all parts thereof as
non-privileged, and within the public domain. ..."
receipted 1st page April 2, 1986 motion -- waiver of
confidentiality
Sassower's December 4, 1986 motion to re-open proceeding
based on newly-discovered evidence
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Sassower's November 10, 1982 letter to AD2 Grievance
Committee Chair
AD2 Grievance Committee Chair's November 15, 1982 letter
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Hearing
Transcripts
August 18, 1981
August 27, 1981
September 2, 1981
(Dick)
September 14, 1981
(Abuza)
September 17, 1981
(Abuza)
September 23, 1981
(Abuza)
(missing cover, pp. 140, 142-3, 149-150)
September 25, 1981
(Abuza)
October 7, 1981
(Abuza)
(missing: p. 79)
October 9, 1981
(Abuza)
October 14, 1981
(Abuza)
(missing: pp. 51-58)
October 16, 1981
October 22, 1981
October 28, 1981
October 30, 1981
(Signorelli)
November 4, 1981
(to p. 19)
December 2, 1981
(Berger)
December 3, 1981
December 4, 1981
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Sassower's 1st set of interrogatories
Sassower's memo to Melia
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Sassower's February 10, 2012
letter to Casella --
"Freedom of Information Request"
Casella's February 14, 2012 letter
Sassower's February 20, 2012
"Waiver of Confidentiality" to AD2
---------------------------
CJA's December 18, 2001 FOIL
request to AG
AG's Dec 20, 2001 acknowledgment
AG's Dec 26, 2001 acknowledgment
AG's January 3, 2002 response
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Was he correct, on
the facts & on the law?
