Opinion
Motion Nos. 2022-01486 2022-01597 2022-01598 2022-01601 2022-01607 Index No. 653118/14 Case No. 2021-03036
06-28-2022
Lukasz Gottwald professionally known as Dr. Luke, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Kesha Rose Sebert professionally known as Kesha, Defendant-Respondent Pebe Sebert et al., Defendant. Samuel D. Isaly, Amicus Curiae.
Unpublished Opinion
MOTION DECISION
PRESENT: Hon. Sallie Manzanet-Daniels, Justice Presiding, Angela M. Mazzarelli Lizbeth González Martin Shulman Julio Rodriguez III, Justices.
Defendant-respondent having moved for reargument of, or in the alternative, for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals, from the decision and order of this Court, entered on March 10, 2022 (Appeal No. 15495) [M-2022-01486], And, by separate motions, Advance Publications, Inc. and 21 other media organizations [M-2022-01597], Catherine Reddington and Maria Kim [M-2022-01598], the Legal Momentum, Equal Rights Advocates and the National Women's Law Center [M-2022-01607] and New York State Senator Brad Hoylman [M-2022-01601] having moved for leave to file amicus curiae briefs in support of defendant's motion, Now, upon reading and filing the papers with respect to the motions, and due deliberation having been had thereon,
It is ordered that the separate motions by the amici curiae seeking leave to file amicus curiae briefs in support of defendant's motion are granted and the proposed briefs accepted for consideration on defendant-respondent's motion, and
It is further ordered that the branch of defendant-respondent's motion seeking reargument of the aforesaid order of this Court entered on March 10, 2022 (Appeal No. 15495) is denied, and
It is further ordered that the branch of defendant's motion seeking leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals is granted, and this Court, pursuant to CPLR 5713, certifies that the following question of law, decisive of the correctness of its determination, has arisen, which in its opinion ought to be reviewed by the Court of Appeals:
Was the order of this Court, which reversed the order of Supreme Court, properly made?