Legal Opinion
Leichter v. Prendergast
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1961PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJacob Markowitz, J.
Petitioner, a member of the State Committee of the Democratic party, seeks by means of this article 78 proceeding to compel the committee chairman to give bim access to and allow him to examine the financial books and records of the committee. Respondent cross-moves to dismiss the petition on several grounds:(1) The subject matter of the proceeding is of a political nature with respect to which the court has not been given statutory authority to act and with respect to which it ought not to entertain jurisdiction.(2) The matters of political judgment that the petitioner asks the court to pass…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- In Re Objections to the Certificate of Nomination of FairchildNew York Court of Appeals · 1897
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- O'NEILL v. LernerNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1977
- Bauman v. FuscoNew York Supreme Court · 1965
- Smith v. PigeonNew York Supreme Court · 1997
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