Goehler v. Cortland County
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mercure, J.P.
Plaintiffs are attorneys who are on the Cortland County assigned counsel panel and have accepted appointments to represent indigent clients in the Family, County and Surrogate’s Courts of Cortland County. They commenced this action seeking to have Local Law No. 1 (2006) of the County of Cortland declared invalid on the ground that it violates County Law § 722 and the Municipal Home Rule Law. As relevant here, Local Law No. 1 created the office of conflict attorney and set forth a new *59procedure for the assignment of counsel for indigent litigants. The procedure…
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