Suesskind v. Bingham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal- hy the defendants, Theodore A. Bingham, as police commissioner of the .city of New York, and others, from an order of the Supreme Court, made at the New York Special Term and. entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the 14th day of February, 1908, continuing a temporary injunction pendente lite.
1Dissent
Laughlin, J. (dissenting):
The plaintiffs are proprietors or lessees of a dance hall or ballroom which they let for hire on Sundays to private clubs, associations and societies for weddings, sociables, receptions, parties and balls. It is not open to the public nor is an admission fee charged. The expense is defrayed by an assessment upon the members of the club, association or society, and their invited guests. ■ The police threaten to invade the premises and close the ballroom and prevent the use of the same for these purposes, and the object of the injunction is not to prevent the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
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- Levy v. BinghamAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1906