Legal Aid Society of Sullivan County, Inc. v. Scheinman

Decided May 12, 1981. Hugh Richard Jones wrote the opinion for the court.

53 N.Y.2d 12 · Cited 916 times

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• MATTER OF STATE OF NY v. King · 36 N.Y.2d 59
• Shadwick v. City of Tampa · 407 U.S. 345
• People v. Benzinger · 36 N.Y.2d 29
• People v. Nieves · 36 N.Y.2d 396
• Legal Aid Society of Sullivan County, Inc. v. Scheinman · 73 A.D.2d 411

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