When Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Sherry Klein Heitler (See Profile) ordered that all new residential mortgage-backed securities cases be assigned to a single Commercial Division judge, she said the administrative change was made to promote "efficiency" and to avoid "inconsistent rulings."

Perhaps no better illustration of inconsistent rulings exists in recent weeks than the pair of opposing decisions handed down from two Commercial Division judges in mid-May.

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