Legal Opinion
Lynch v. O'Leary
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 3, 1938PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtVan Voorhis, J.
This controversy arises out of the following circumstances:
In 1925 the city manager form of government was adopted by the city of Rochester. This was accomplished by amending fundamentally the provisions of the city charter. Although the charter was orginally enacted by the Legislature, these amendments were not made by the Legislature but by the governing body of the city, then known as the common council, pursuant to authority granted by the Legislature under the City Home Rule Law, which was adopted in order to carry into effect the Home Rule Amendments to the State Constitution (Const,…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Matter of McCabe v. VoorhisNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Barto v. . HimrodNew York Court of Appeals · 1853
- Bareham v. City of RochesterNew York Court of Appeals · 1927
- Mills v. . SweeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- People Ex Rel. Unger v. . KennedyNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Noonan v. O'LearyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1954
- Towner v. JimersonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Noonan v. O'LearyNew York Supreme Court · 1954
- Sherman v. Town of RhinebeckAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- LaValle v. HaydenNew York Supreme Court · 1999
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