Brennan v. Mahoney

This application seeks to restrain the board of elections from placing the name “ Trades Union Party ” upon the ballot for the November 2, 1937, election, and seeks further to restrain candidates for office from assuming or employing the name “ Trades Union Party,” upon the ground that the use of such name is a fraud and deception upon the public and in violation of the provisions of section 964 of the Penal Law.

The American Labor party joins in the application, but asks a declaration from the court that “ no specific trade union group has an exclusive right to the words ‘ Trade Union.’ ”

The…