MATTER OF WERFEL v. FITZGERALD


23 A.D.2d 306 (1965)

In the Matter of Abraham Werfel, on Behalf of Himself and All Other Attorneys at Law and the General Public Similarly Situated, Respondent, v. Matthew Fitzgerald et al., as Clerks of The Criminal Court of the City of New York, Appellants

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

June 14, 1965.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Samuel A. Hirshowitz, Mortimer Sattler and Joel Lewittes of counsel), for appellants.

Abraham Werfel, respondent in person.

BELDOCK, P. J., UGHETTA, CHRIST, BRENNAN and HOPKINS, JJ., concur.


Per Curiam.

The appellants are Clerks of the Criminal Court of the City of New York. The petitioner is an attorney. He instituted this article 78 proceeding in the nature of mandamus to compel the appellants "to keep open during the business hours fixed by law, the docket books, dockets, informations, and files, other than those involving youthful offenders, for search and examination by any person" and "to post appropriate...

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