Bugeja v. City of New York

Full title: CHARLES BUGEJA, Appellant, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Feb 24, 1966

17 N.Y.2d 606 (N.Y. 1966)

268 N.Y.S.2d 564

215 N.E.2d 684

Opinion

Argued January 20, 1966

Decided February 24, 1966

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, FRANK J. PINO, J.

Theodore D. Ostrow for appellant.

J. Lee Rankin, Corporation Counsel ( Pauline K. Berger and Norman Redlich of counsel), for respondents.

Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD, BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN and KEATING. Judge VAN VOORHIS dissents and votes to reverse and to declare chapter 440 of the Laws of 1965 unconstitutional as being in violation of section 2 of article VIII of the New York State Constitution for the reasons stated in the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division.