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Legal Aid Society of Nassau County v. Samenga

39 A.D.2d 912 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1972-06-05 English

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In the Matter of the Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, N. Y. et al., Appellants, v. Alfred Samenga, a Judge of the District Court of Nassau County, et al., Respondents.

In a proceeding pursuant to article 78 of the CPLR for a judgment directing that petitioner Legal Aid Society of Nassau County, N. Y., by its attorney, James J. McDonough, be permitted to represent a certain defendant in the District Court of Nassau County on a pending charge of violating subdivision 4 of section 1192 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law, petitioners appeal from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, entered October 21, 1971, which denied the application. Judgment reversed, on the law, without costs, and petition granted (see Matter of Legal Aid Soc. of Nassau County, N. Y. v. Samenga, 39 A D 2d 912). Rabin, P. J., Hopkins, Munder, Gfulotta and Brennan, JJ., concur.