Legal Opinion

Legal Aid Society of Orange County, Inc. v. Patsalos

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided August 24, 1992PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

— Proceeding pursuant to CPLR article 78 in the nature of prohibition and mandamus (1) to compel the respondent Judge Paño Z. Patsalos to comply with County Law § 722 by assigning the peti*927tioner Legal Aid Society of Orange County as counsel pursuant to the Orange County plan for representation, unless satisfied that a conflict of interest prevents such an assignment, and (2) prohibiting the respondent Judge Patsalos from removing the petitioner from its representation of clients pursuant to the Orange County plan unless satisfied that a conflict of interest exists.

Adjudged that the petition…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Legal Aid Society of Sullivan County, Inc. v. ScheinmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
  2. Holtzman v. GoldmanNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. Calandrillo v. BrowneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
  4. Legal Aid Society of Sullivan County, Inc. v. BradleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

3Cited by5 opinions

  1. Goehler v. Cortland CountyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
  2. In re Jason C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
  3. Smith v. TormeyNew York Court of Appeals · 2012
  4. Smith v. TormeyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
  5. SMITH, TODD M. v. TORMEY, JAMES C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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