Legal Opinion
Fire Department v. City of Rochester
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 13, 1965PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilliams, P. J.
The judgment presented for review declared ■Local Laws No. 5 and No. 6, adopted by the Council of the City of Rochester on April 23, 1963, unconstitutional and void. The defendant municipality has been enjoined from enforcing these laws and from interfering with or preventing the plaintiff from administering funds received pursuant to sections 553 and 554 of the Insurance Law.
The fund in question had its inception in the era when fire fighting was the exclusive responsibility of volunteer fire companies throughout the State and municipally financed fire departments were unknown. In 1849, to…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Trustees of Exempt Firemen's Benevolent Fund v. RoomeNew York Court of Appeals · 1883
- Matter of Osborn v. CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Matter of Holland v. BanksonNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Amsterdam Permanent Firemen's Ass'n v. City of AmsterdamNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Egbert F. Ashley Co. v. Fire DepartmentNew York Supreme Court · 1911
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