{"id":386,"date":"2026-03-31T13:47:33","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:47:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/?p=386"},"modified":"2026-03-31T13:47:35","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T17:47:35","slug":"the-aggrievement-requirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2026\/03\/31\/the-aggrievement-requirement\/","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;Aggrievement&#8217; Requirement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a <em>New York Law Journal <\/em>article, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/thomasrnewman.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/attorneys\/thomasrnewman.html\"><strong>Thomas R. Newman<\/strong> <\/a>&amp; <strong>Steven J. Ahmuty, Jr. <\/strong>, explain that only \u201caggrieved\u201d parties\u2014those harmed or denied relief\u2014can appeal court decisions under CPLR 5511. Courts can assess aggrievement on their own, and simply disagreeing with a ruling isn\u2019t enough. There are exceptions, like non-parties with affected interests or appeals on alternative grounds. Understanding these rules is crucial for proper appellate standing. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/articles\/the_aggrievement_requirement_0326.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\/articles\/the_aggrievement_requirement_0326.html\">Read the full article. <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a New York Law Journal article, Thomas R. Newman &amp; Steven J. Ahmuty, Jr. , explain that only \u201caggrieved\u201d parties\u2014those harmed or denied relief\u2014can appeal court decisions under CPLR 5511. Courts can assess aggrievement on their own, and simply disagreeing with a ruling isn\u2019t enough. There are exceptions, like non-parties with affected interests or &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/2026\/03\/31\/the-aggrievement-requirement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The &#8216;Aggrievement&#8217; Requirement&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[25,298,297,187],"ppma_author":[238],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-appellate","tag-article","tag-new-york-law-journal","tag-thomas-r-newman"],"authors":[{"term_id":238,"user_id":6,"is_guest":0,"slug":"duanemorris3","display_name":"Duane Morris","avatar_url":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2014\/10\/dmlogo.jpg","author_category":"1","last_name":"Davies","first_name":"Thomas","job_title":"","user_url":"https:\/\/www.duanemorris.com","description":"<a href=\"http:\/\/www.duanemorris.com\">Visit the Duane Morris website.<\/a>"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=386"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/386\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=386"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.duanemorris.com\/appellatelaw\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}