MATTER OF BURKE v. BROMBERGER


300 N.Y. 248 (1949)

In the Matter of Martin C. Burke, Respondent, v. Edgar Bromberger, as Chief City Magistrate of the City of New York, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 29, 1949


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. McGrath, Corporation Counsel (Henry J. Shields and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for appellant.

Edward S. Blackstone, Herman Katz and Stanley Ide Lacov for respondent.

LOUGHRAN, Ch. J., DYE, FULD and BROMLEY, JJ., concur with DESMOND, J.; LEWIS and CONWAY, JJ., dissent in memorandum.


DESMOND, J.

Petitioner-respondent, a clerk in a New York City Magistrate's Court, was dismissed from his position by the Chief Magistrate, after a long hearing, on charges that petitioner had struck up an improper relationship with, and had assaulted, a woman whom he had met when she came to the court seeking help or advice. Complainant testified before the Chief Magistrate that petitioner, a married man, told...

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