Legal Opinion
American Jewish Congress v. Carter
New York Supreme Court
Decided July 15, 1959PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHenry Epstein, J.
This motion to dismiss the instant proceeding on the grounds that petitioner lacks status under the Executive Law (art. 15, § 296, subd. 1, pars, [a], [c]) and that this court is without jurisdiction, is denied. Respondent commission accepted jurisdiction under sections 297 and 298 of the said law. Petitioner was held to be a “ person aggrieved ” and a reasonably liberal application of such language has been sustained in other courts as well as in this State (American Jewish Congress v. American Lumbermen’s Cas. Co. of Ill., No. 1189-45, Record, p. 6, item 46; National Assn, for Advancement…
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