Hynes v. Demarest
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of a writ of prohibition to bar the respondents from enforcing an order of the respondent Carolyn Demarest, a Justice of the Supreme Court, dated January 4, 1994, which disqualified his office from conducting the prosecution of the respondent Lawson Walters and directed that a Special District Attorney be appointed.
Adjudged that the petition is granted, on the law, without costs or disbursements, the respondents are prohibited from enforcing the order disqualifying the office of the petitioner District Attorney, Kings County, from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Schumer v. HoltzmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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