Legal Opinion
New York County Lawyers' Ass'n v. Bloomberg
New York Supreme Court
Decided January 3, 2011PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Anil C. Singh, J.
At issue in this CPLR article 78 proceeding is whether respondent City of New York may assign conflict cases to institutional providers such as the Legal Aid Society without the consent of petitioner county bar associations pursuant to article 18-B, § 722 of the County Law.
Article 18-B of the County Law was promulgated in response to the United States Supreme Court’s seminal decision in Gideon v Wainwright (372 US 335 [1963]) that an indigent defendant has the right to the assistance of appointed counsel in a state criminal prosecution.
Section 722 requires…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- People v. CruzNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. Mobil Oil Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Carney v. PhilipponeNew York Court of Appeals · 2004
- Goehler v. Cortland CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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- New York County Lawyers' Ass'n v. BloombergNew York Court of Appeals · 2012