A state judge on Long Island has ruled that court administrators overstepped their rule-making powers when they required lenders’ attorneys to attest to the accuracy of the documents they file in residential foreclosure actions.

Supreme Court Justice Thomas F. Whelan in Suffolk County (See Profile) concluded in LaSalle Bank v. Pace, 15822-2008, that no statute or legislative action gave Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman the power to require the attorney affirmations (NYLJ, Oct. 21, 2010).