SWEENEY v. CANNON


30 N.Y.2d 633 (1972)

Daniel T. Sweeney, on Behalf of Himself and All Other Persons Similarly Situated, Appellant, v. Raymond J. Cannon, as Clerk of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 16, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eli Wager, David M. Shane, Jerome H. Ehrlich, Eugene S. Ginsberg and Daniel T. Sweeney, pro se, for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Philip Weinberg, Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Joel Lewittes of counsel), for respondent.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Order modified, without costs, in accordance with the following memorandum, and, as so modified, affirmed: We agree with the Appellate Division, and for the reasons set forth in its opinion, that section 467-a of the Judiciary Law (L. 1963, ch. 204) is constitutional. However, since this is an action for a declaratory judgment, that court, instead of dismissing the complaint, should have made a declaration as to the constitutionality of the challenged section. (See, e.g....

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