Legal Opinion
Crohn v. Firemen's Benevolent Fund Ass'n
New York Supreme Court
Decided September 12, 1973PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJoseph F. G-agliardi, J.
In this CPLR article 78 proceeding petitioners, four individual professional firemen of the Fire Department of the City of Mount Vernon, ¡have commenced a class action for an -accounting and a declaration that the membership requirements promulgated' by respondent, the Firemen’s Benevolent Fund Association of the ¡City of1 Mount Vernon, unlawfully discriminate against petitioners. In reality petitioners are seeking apportionment of tax moneys received by respondent.
Respondent, is a domestic corporation created in 1894 by special act of the Legislature (L. 1894, ch. 111). Section 6 of the act…
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- Lord v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
- Trustees of Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund v. RoomeNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- In Re the Transfer Tax Upon the Estate of De PeysterNew York Court of Appeals · 1914
- In re Weidenfeld against KepplerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Wilcox v. SchenckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
- Crohn v. Firemen's Benevolent Fund Ass'nAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1974