NEW YORK SUPREMECOURT

AppellateDivision - SecondDepartment

ELENA RUTH SASSOWER,individuallyandas

Coordinatorof the Centerfor JudicialAccountability,Inc.,
CENTERFORruDICIAL ACCOLTNTABILITY. INC..
andThe Publicasrepresented by them, App Div. #2006-8091
#2006-10709
#2007-t86
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
-against-
Co.#19841
Westchester 105

THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY, TheNew York Times,

ARTHUR SULZBERGER,JR.,BILL KELLER,
JILL ABRAMSON,ALLAN M. SIEGAL,GAIL COLLINS,
individuallyandon behalfof THE EDITORIAL BOARD,
DANIEL OKRENT,BYRON CALAME, MAREK FUCHS,
andDOESl-20,
Defendants-Re
spondents.

RECORDON APPEAL

ELENA RUTH SASSOWER.Pro Se

lndividually& for The Public
16Lake Street,Apartment2C
WhitePlains,New York 10603
Tel: 914-421-1200

ELI VIGLIANO,Esq.
Attorneyfor CENTERFOR ruDICIAL ACCOLINTABILITY,INC.,
& for Plaintiff ELENA RUTH SASSOWERasCoordinator,
& for The Public
4901HenryHudsonParkway
Bronx,New York 10471
Tel:718-884-3747
 RECORDON APPEAL

Pursuant
Statement to CPLR$5531 ........xu

of Appeal,datedAugust21,2006
Plaintiffs-Appellants'Notice ....................
I

Plaintiffs-Appellants'Requestfor AppellateDivision lntervention,

datedAugust21,2006 ra
.............

Decisionand Order of WestchesterCounty Court Judge/"ActingSupremeCourt

Justice"GeraldE. Loehr,datedJuly 5,2006......... ...................7

Ex PqrteJudgmentsignedby the WestchesterCounty Clerk, datedAugust 112006...............

18

of Appeal,datedDecember21,2006
Plaintiffs-Appellants'Notice .............20

Plaintiffs-Appellants'Requestfor AppellateDivi sionIntervention,

datedDecember 21,2006 ......22

Decisionand Order of WestchesterCounty Court Judge/"ActingSupremeCourt

Justice"GeraldLoehr,datedSeptember2712006 .................26

PLAINTIFFS'VERIFIED COMPLAINT, datedMarch 21,2006,and supporting

Ex. A: "WhentheJudgeSledgehammered TheGadfly",New York Times,

WestchesterSection,front-page,November7,2004 ..................97
-- with paragraph-by-paragraph
analysis& accompanyingprimary
sourcedocuments analysis
substantiating of paragraph
14...........................99

(l) Pages28-35of the transcriptof NYS SenateJudiciaryCommittee's

January22,2003hearingto confirmGovernorPataki's"merit selected'o
appointmentof SusanP. Readto theNY Courtof Appeals ......117

(2) Plaintiffs' written statementof oppositiontestimony,NYS Senate

JudiciaryCommittee's January22,2003hearing..... L27
.................

(3) Plaintiffs' January29,2003memoto NYT EditorialBoard,enclosing

plaintiffs' January29,2003letterto Albany BureauChief James
McKinley, Jr-, with SyracusePost-Sta+dard'seditorial,"A FIawed
Process"(January27,2003)andnewsarticle,"DeFranciscoquietsa
critic" (January23,2003) ....192
 (4) Plaintiffs' February7,20A3e-maiUmemo to EleanorRandolph,NYT
.........
EditorialBoard[w/o enclosures] ..199

(5) Plaintiffs'February11,2003proposedLetterto theEditor .....200

(6) Plaintiffs' March6,2003 e-mail/memoto EleanorRandolph,NYT

EditorialBoard [w/oenclosures] ........ ...................205

Ex. B: to NYT Editorial

Plaintiffs' June11,2003memorandum-complaint
B o a rd ....... ...........206

Ex. C-l: CJA's websitehomepage"PaperTrail Documentingthe Comrption

asit appearedon June
of FederalJudicialSelectiorVConfirmation",
1 0 ,2 0 0 3 .... ..........209

Ex. C-2: CJA'swebsitehomepage, asit appeared 130ft

on PlaintiffSassower's
dayof incarceration...... ........212

Ex. C-3: CJA's "PaperTrail Documentingthe Comrptionof FederalJudicial

Selection/Confirmation& the 'Disruptionof Congress'Caseit
asit appearedon CJA's website,without change,
Spar,vned",
throughoutPlaintiff Sassower'ssix-monthincarcerationfrom June
28,2004to December 23,2004......... ....213

Ex. D: Plaintiffs' June19,2003letterto NYT AssistantManagingEditor

A l l a nS i e g a l ........ ....... ...........220

Ex. E: Suppression-The
CJA'swebpage,'oPress New York Times",asit
withoutchange,from June28,2004to December23,2004.......225
appeared,

Ex. F: Plaintiffs'August26,2003letterto OutgoingNYT Washington

BureauChief- IncomingManagingEditor for NewsgatheringJill
Abramson. ..........232

Ex. G: 25,2003letterto NYT ExecutiveEditorBill

Plaintiffs'September
K e l l e r....... ...........240

Ex. H: Plaintiffs'October13.2003letterto NYT ExecutiveEditorKeller...........245

Ex. I: Plaintiffs'Novemberl. 2003letterto NYT ExecutiveEditorKeller.........276

Ex. J-l: Plaintiffs'Decemberl,2003letter to NYT PublicEditorDaniel

Okre n t ...... ..........277

Ex.J-2: 24,2003e-mailto PublicEditorOkrent...................278

Plaintiffs'December
Ex. J-3: AutomatedDecember24,2003 e-mailacknowledgment
from Public
E d i to r .................279

Ex. J-4: December24,2003 e-mailfrom Arthur Bovino,Office of Public

E d i to r....... .................. ...........280

E x .K -l : Plaintiffs' June16,2003memorandum
to RalphNader,Public
Citizen,CommonCause ......281

Ex. K-2: CJA's websitehomepage(asof May 9,2003), featuringthe June16,

2003memorandum to RalphNader,PublicCitizen,CommonCause........286

Ex.K-3: CJA's websitehomepage, featuringthe June16,2003memorandum

andPlaintiffs' two Lettersto the Editor in Roll Call andthe New
York Law Journal(from May 22,2003to sometimeafterJune28,
2003) ..................287

Ex. L-l : Plaintiffs'May 1I,2004letterto NYT reporterRaymondHernandez.......288

Ex. L-2: RaymondHernandez'

May 1I,2004e-mai1....... .....292

Ex. L-3.' Plaintiffs'May 11,2004fax noteto Hernande2.............. ..........293

Ex. L-4: Plaintiffs'May 17,2004e-mailtoHernandez............ ...............294

Ex. M: Plaintiffs'May 24,2004memorandum

to GerryMulaney,NYT
DeputyMetroEditorfor Politics ...........296

Ex. N: Plaintiffs'June17,2004memorandum-complaint
to PublicEditor
Okre n t ................301

E x .O-l : Plaintiffs'June17,2004e-mailto PublicEditorOkrent(3:21p.m.)..........306

Ex. O-2: June17,2004automated (3:28p.m.)

acknowledgment ............307

Ex. O-3: ArthurBovino'sJune17,2004e-mailto Plaintiffs(3:34p.m.)...................308

Ex. O-4: Plaintiffs'June17,2004e-mailto Bovino(4:29p.m.) .............309

Ex. O-5: ArthurBovino'sJune17,2004e-mailto Plaintiffs(4:43p.m.)...................310

Ex. 0-6: Plaintiffs'June17,2004e-mailto Bovino(5:56p.m.)........ .....3l I

Ex. O-7: ArthurBovino'sJune17,2004e-mailto Plaintiffs(10:12p.m.).................3I2

Ex. O-8: Plaintiff-s'

June18,2004e-mailto Bovino(2:27p.m.)........ .....313

lil
Ex. O-9: Plaintiffs'June20,2004e-mail(4:22p.m.)........ ....314

Ex .O-1 0 : DanielOkrent'sJune21,2004e-mailto Plaintiffs(11:16a.m.)................315

Ex .O-11 : Plaintiffs'June22,2004e-mailto Okrent(9:32a.m.)......... .....316

E x .O-1 2 : ArthurBovino's e-mailto CJA(9:47a.m.)

1une22,2004 ........317

E x .O-1 3 : e-mailto Bovino(10:48a.m.)........

Plaintiffs'Jvne22,2004 ...318

E x .O-1 4 : ArthurBovino's e-mailto CJA(ll:14 a.m.)........................319

June22.2004

Ex .O-1 5 : e-mailto Arthur(3:07p.m.)

Plaintiffs'June22,2004 ..............320

Ex. P: Plaintiffs' June25, 2004e-mail(cc) to PublicEditor Okrent,Gerry

Mulaney,PhilipTaubman, RaymondHernandez, Neil Lewis....................32I

Ex. Q: Plaintiffs'July29,2005letterto NYT Executive

EditorBill Keller..........
331

Ex .R-l : Plaintiffs'August16,2005memorandum
to NYT recipients.....................
339

Ex. R-2: Plaintiffs' March 26,2003written statementof oppositionto the

confirmationof New York Courtof AppealsJudgeRichardC.
Wesleyto the SecondCircuit Courtof Appeals& P. Kevin Castel,
Esq.to theDistrictCourtof theSouthem Districtof New York ................341

Ex . S -1 : Plaintiffs'September
26,2005letterto NYT PublicEditorByron
C a l a me ...............369

Ex. S-2: P u b l i cE d i to r Calame' sSeptem ber 30,2005e- m ail..................375

E x .T -l : Plaintiffs' November30, 2005letterto NYT Co. AssistantGeneral

CounselGeorgeFreeman... ..376

Ex. T-2: December

GeorgeFreeman's 2,2005letter,with envelope
postmarked
December
6,2005 ..............378

Ex. T-3: Plaintiffs'December14,2005letterto GeorgeFreeman ..........381

Ex. T-4: Plaintiffs'December

22,2005letterto GeorgeFreeman ..........384

Ex. T-5: Plaintiffs' December30,2005letterto NYT Co. SeniorVice

President & GeneralCounselSolomonB. Watson.IV .......... ..385

Ex. T-6: GeorgeFreeman's

January
3,20061etter......... .......387

lv
Ex. T-7: Plaintiffs'January
6,2006letterto SolomonB. Watson,IV ......................
388

Ex. T-8: Plaintiffs' January12,2006letterto SolomonB. Watson,IY, with

Plaintiffs' Novemberl,2005letter to LegalAssistantEdwardBohan
& November4,2005letterto SeniorCounsel DavidMcCraw...................
389

DavidMcCraw'sJanuary12,2006e-mail ..............392

GeorgeFreeman's
Januaryl0,20061etter......... .....393

to DavidMcCraw...
Plaintiffs'January13,2006letter .............
395

DavidMcCraw'sJanuary13,2006e-mail .............397

Plaintiffs'
January
16,2006lettertoDavidMcCraw... .............398

DavidMcCraw'sJanuary17,2006e-mail ..............400

Plaintiffs'January19,2006lettertoDavidMcCraw... .............401

Plaintiffs'January24,2006letterto NYT Co. SeniorVice President

& ChiefLegalOfficerSolomonB. Watson,IV........... .............404

Ex. T-17: Plaintiffs'January27, 2006letterto SolomonB. Watson,IV ...........

.........406

E x .T-1 8 : Plaintiffs' January30,2006letterto NYT Co. Secretary,Corporate

Governance Officer& SeniorCounselRhondaL. Brauer ........407

Ex. T-19: Plaintiffs' February3,2006 memoto all individualdefendants

except
Okre n t ................409

Ex. T-20: Plaintiffs'February13,2006lettertoEdwardBohan....... ........411

Ex. T-21: Plaintiffs' February14,2006letterto SolomonB. Watson,IV and

RhondaBrauer ...412

Ex.T-22: Plaintiffs'
March2,2006letterto
EdwardBohan....... ..............413
DEFENDANTS'NOTICE OF MOTION TO DISMISS,datedApril 13,2006... ...415

MOVING AFFIDAVIT OF GEORGE FREEMAN, ESQ., sworn to April 12,2006,

4r7
Ex. A: (supposed)
transcriptexcerptof U.S. SenateJudiciaryCommittee's
May 22,2003judicialconfirmation hearing............. .................419

Ex. B: transcriptof June28,2004sentencing

in USAv. ElenaSassower.............42I

DEFENDANTS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW, datedApril 13,2006.... ...........446

PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF CROSS-MOTIONFOR SANCTIONS,DISCPLINARY

REFERRALS,DISQUALIFICATION OF COUNSEL,DEFAULT JUDGMENT,
SUMMARY JUDGMENT & OTHER RELIEF, datedJune l, 2006 469

PLAINTIFF SASSOWER'SMOVING AFFIDAVIT, sworn to June 1,2006,and

supportingexhibits 472

Ex. U: November16,2005progfttmof New York UniversityLaw School

Alumni Association,
"Freedomof the Pressor Licenseto Libel:
BalancingFreedomof the Presswith an Individual'sRight to Protect
'A GoodName'from DefamatorvStatements" ......492

Ex. V- 1: Summons
with Notice.dated& filed November4.2005 ..........494

Ex. V-2: Affrdavit of Serviceof RichardP. Simmonds,swornto February23,

2006.filedMarch3.2006..... .................
496

Ex. V-3: Affrdavit of Serviceof RobertHaak,swomto February28,2006,

filedMarch16.2006.... ........500

Ex. W: GeorgeFreeman'sNoticeof AppearanceandDemandfor Complaint,

datedMarch1.2006 ............502

Ex. X-l: ElenaSassower's

March9,2006letterto GeorgeFreeman... ...505

Ex. X-2: ElenaSassower's

March15,2006letter
to GeorgeFreeman......................
507

Ex. X-3: GeorgeFreeman's

March 14,2006letterto ElenaSassower.. .. 509

Ex. X-4: ElenaSassower's

March17,2006letter
to GeorgeFreeman......................
510

Ex. X-5: Postmarkedenvelopefrom New York TimesCompany,March2D,

2 0 0 6 ......... ...........513

vi
 Ex. Y: Plaintiff s Verified Complaint, dated March 21,2006 with
Affirmation of Serviceof Eli Vigliano,Esq.,filed March 30,2006...........514

Ex. Z-l: Elena Sassower's April 17, 2006 letter to GeorgeFreeman... ... 5 16

Ex. Z-2: GeorgeFreeman'sApril 18,2006 letterto ElenaSassower.. ....5I7

Ex.Z-3: May l,2006letterto GeorgeFreeman

ElenaSassower's .........518

Ex. Z-4: GeorgeFreeman'sMay 8, 2006letter to Elena Sassower.. .......521

Ex.Z-5: ElenaSassower'sMay23,2006letter to GeorgeFreeman .......522

Ex. 2-6: GeorgeFreeman'sMay 23,2006 e-mailto Elena Sassower.. ..- 524

Ex. AA-l: Coverpageand 2-pageexcerptof U.S. SenateJudiciaryCommittee's

June25,1996 hearing- with handwritten"Ex 'H"'and numbering
46-48- downloadedfrom CJA's website"Paper Trail to Jail": Elena
Sassower'sMay 21,2003 letterto CapitolPolice ...525

Ex. AA-2: CJA's website'oPaperTrail to Jail", as it appearedin the weeks

precedingMr. Freeman'sApril 13,2006 dismissalmotion .....528

Ex. BB-1: Elena Sassower'sJune30, 1992letterto Arthur Sulzberger,Jr.,

enclosingher June 30,1992 complaintto New York City Department
of ConsumerAffairs and Sulzberger'sJanuary17, 1992editorial
statement"From the Publisher"............ ...................
535

Ex. BB-2: July 14, 1992letter from SolomonB. Watson,IV to New York City
Departmentof ConsumerAffairs.. .........540

Ex. BB-3: July 15, 1992letterfrom Arthur Sulzberger,

Jr. to ElenaSassower............541

PLAINTIFFS' MEMORANDUM OF LAW IN OPPOSITION TO DISMISSAL

& IN SUPPORT OF CROSS-MOTION, dated June 1,2006......... ..................542

GEORGE FREEMAN'S REPLY AFFIDAVIT, sworn to June 9,2006, and supporting

Ex. A: transcriptpagesfrom U.S.SenateJudiciaryCommittee'sMay22,

2003judicialconfirmationhearin9............... ...........
615

vll
PLAINTIFF SASSOWER'SREPLY AFFIDAVIT, sworn to June 13,2006 ........620

Articles Handed-Upat June 14.2006Oral Areument:

ooJournalistic
Malpractice: SuingJaysonBlair and theNew York Timesfor Fraud
and Negligence"by ProfessorsClay CalvertandRobertD. Richards,
14FordhamIntellectualProperty.Media& Entertainment Law Journal1 (2003)....
..............634

"Accessto the Press- A NewFirst Amendment

Righf'by ProfessorJeromeBarron,
80 HarvardLawReview164l (1967)............... ................662

PLATNTIFf,'S' NOTICE OF MOTION FOR DISQUALIFICATION/DISCLOSURE;

REARGUMENT/RENEWAL; VACATUR OF THE JUDGMENT & OTHER
RELIEF, datedAugust21,2006 ...........700

PLAINTIFF SASSOWER'SMOVING AFFIDAVIT, sworn to August 21,2006,

and supportingexhibits............. ......703

Ex. CC: JudeeGeraldE. Loehr'sJulv5. 2006decisionandorder --....-..-..-7

Ex. DD: AarlirrirtrutiveJudgeNirotui', fUay 8,2006noticeassigningthe case

to "ActingSupreme CourtJustice"Loehr ...............721

Ex. EE: Ex Parte Judgmentsignedby Westchester

CountyClerk,August l,
2 0 0 6 ......... ...........722

Ex. FF: Requestfor JudicialIntervention(RII), filed with Westchester County

Clerk's Office on April 25,2006,by GeorgeFreeman,Esq.,on behalf
of defendants TheNew York TimesCompany, et al. ......... ......724

Ex. GG-l: SupremeCourtJusticeSmith'sAugust4,2004recusalorderin

GeorgeSassowerv. Feltman,Karesh,Major & Farbman,et al.
(Index#20421-92)
............... ..................726

Ex. GG-2: SupremeCourtJusticeLaCava'sApril 16,2004recusalorderin

GeorgeSassowerv. Feltman,Karesh,Major & Farbman,et al.
(Index#20421-92)
............... ..................728

Ex. HH: judges", The Journal

"VeteranDemocratsbid to unseatRepublican
News,October27,2004... ....729

Ex. II: "Politicospay tributeto a posterboy of cronyism:Tac cheatArred

getsa big turnoutatparfif', TheJournalNews,August1,2006 ...............730

vllt
Ex. JJ: Doris L. Sassower'spublishedLetterto the Editor,The Westchester
Crusader, April8, 2004......... .................731

Ex. KK-l: CJA'swebpage

of Castracanv.
Co1avita.............. ..733

Ex. KK-2: CJA's webpageo'PaperTrail of Suppression,

Protectionism,&
Blackballing"by TheNew York Timesfrom 1990and 1991 ...736

Ex. LL-1: DorisL. Sassower's October24,l99l letterto GovemorCuomo,with

filed asajudicial misconductcomplaintwith NYS
enclosures,
Commission on JudicialConduct ..........737

-- l989three-yearjudge-tradingcross-endorsementsdeal..........................7

-- Doris L. Sassower'sLetterto the Editor,"Cross-Endorsement:

Questions New York Times,June9,l99t
of Protection", ........750

-- Doris L. Sassower'scolumn"Judicial-Selection
Panels:An
Exercisein Futility?",New Yo{k Law Journal,September22,l97l .........751

-- DorisL. Sassower's Law Directory

1989Martindale-Hubbell
l i sti n g ........ ..........752

Ex.LL-2: Commission on JudicialConduct'sJanuary7,l99l letterdismissing

theOctober24,l99l judicialmisconduct
complaint ................753

Ex. MM: "WhereDo YouGo Wen JudgesBreaktheLaw?",CJA's $16,770

public interestad on TheNew York Times' Op-Edpageof October
2 6 ,1 9 9 4 ... ...........754

Ex. NN-l: CJA'sMarch4,2003facially-meritorious judicial

anddocumented
misconduct
complaint ..........755

Ex. NN-2: Commissionon JudicialConduct'sJune19,2003letterdismissingthe

March4,2003judicialmisconduct complaint................ ...........774

Ex. OO: MatrimonialPart Revampedin Wakeof Infighting",

"Westchester's
New York Law Joumal,June26,2006,frontpage ...................775

Ex. PP-I : August7, 2006letterto Westchester

Plaintiff Sassower's County
ClerkTimothyC. Idoni .......778

Ex. PP-2: August8,2006letterof Westchester

CountyDeputyClerkJohnJ.
Allen ..................783

lx
 PLAINTIFFSNMEMORANDUM OF LAW IN SUPPORTOF MOTION FOR
DISQUALIFICATION/DISCLOSURE ; REARGUMENT/RENEWAL ;
VACATUR OF THE JUDGMENT & OTHER RELIEF, datedAugust 21,2006...........784

- In-Depth Analysis of the "DeemedTrue" Allegationsof the Verified Complaint

Recitedby the July 5,2006Decision& Order...... 824

GEORGE FREEMAN'S AFFIDAVIT IN OPPOSITION,

swornto September19r2006......... .......e...............837

PLAINTIFF SASSOWER'SREPLY AFFIDAVIT, sworn to September25, 2006,

and supportingexhibits............. .................. .............843

Ex. QQ-l: GeorgeFreeman's

August29,2006e-mailto PlaintiffSassower...............862

Ex. QQ-2: August3l,2006letterto Mr. Freeman.......................863

PlaintiffSassower's

Ex. QQ-3: GeorgeFreeman's

August31,2006e-mailto PlaintiffSassower...............864

Ex. QQ-4: GeorgeFreeman'sSeptember

19,2006e-mailto PlaintiffSassower.........
865

Ex. QQ-5: September19,2006FederalExpresslabelfor overnightdeliveryto

PlaintiffSassower
fromNew York Times ...............
866

Ex. RR: "InstitutionalRecklessDisregardfor Truthin Public Defomation

ActionsAgainstthe Press"by Professors RandallP Bezansonand
GilbertCranberg, 90IowaLaw Review887(March2005)........................867

PLAINTIFFS' NOTICE OF ENTRY OF SEPTEMBER27,2006DECISION &

ORDER" filed December21,2006 901

Westchester County Clerk's Computerized Docket Sheet........ .............903

SUPPLEMENTAL DOCUMENTS:

Elena Sassower'sNovember 22,2006letter to Michael Colodner,Counsel/UnifiedCourt

Elena Sassower'sNovember 27,2006letter to John Eiseman,Record Access Officer,

Deputy CounselAJnified
Court System qOS
...................
ElenaSassower's
November28.2006letterto William D. Dailrunified CourtSvstem...............908

WilliamDahl'sSeptember
29,2006letterto KevinMcKeown. .....910

December29,2004AdministrativeOrderof Chief AdministrativeJudge

JonathanLippman,signedby Presiding
JusticeGailPrudenti....................9I
I

2005JudicialAssignments-Ninth
JudicialDistrict...... ........912

December20,2005AdministrativeOrderof Chief AdministrativeJudge

JonathanLippman,signedby PresidingJusticeGail Prudenti....................
9I 3

Assigned"
Judges'oCross ..................914

2006JudicialAssignments-NinthJudicialDistrict...... .........915

AugustI l, 2005notice,signedby AdministrativeJudgeFrancisNicolai,

assigningJudgeLoehrto the Surrogate
Proceedings of Mary McKeown.......916

22,2006e-mailfromKevinMcKeownto WilliamDahl..............-917
September

JohnEiseman's
December
14.2006letterto ElenaSassower 918
...................

ElenaSassower'sDecember29,2006letterto MichaelColodner,Counsel& Appeals

OfficerfunifiedCourtSvstem...... ..........920

January4,2007 letterfrom LawrenceK. Marks,AdministrativeDirectorAJnifiedCourt

Systemto ElenaSassower ...924

ElenaSassower's 2,2007letterto MichaelColodner...

February ...............925

William Dahl'sFebruary22,2006letterto ElenaSassower.. ...930

March20.2007letterto MichaelColodner...
ElenaSassoweros .................931

JohnEiseman'sMarch22.2007letterto ElenaSassower ....-...932

* {.{<

Certificationof Eli Vigliano,Esq.Pursuant

to CPLR$2105 ....936

xl