Benvenga v. La Guardia
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHeffernan, J.
The facts in this proceeding are not in dispute. Seventeen justices of the Supreme Court, nine residing in the first judicial district and eight in the second judicial district, instituted this proceeding under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to compel appellants, constituting the Board of Estimate of the City of New York, to pay to them parts of their salaries withheld by appellants and hereafter to pay to each of them the same compensation paid to other justices of the Supreme Court resident in the districts involved.
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