COUNTY LAWYERS' v. BLOOMBERG

No. 155.

19 N.Y.3d 712 (2012)

955 N.Y.S.2d 835

2012 NY Slip Op 7224

In the Matter of THE NEW YORK COUNTY LAWYERS' ASSOCIATION et al., Appellants, and THE NEW YORK CRIMINAL BAR ASSOCIATION, INC., et al., Intervenors-Appellants, v. MICHAEL R. BLOOMBERG, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents, and THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF NEW YORK, Intervenor-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided October 30, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Haynes and Boone, LLP, New York City ( Jonathan D. Pressment and David M. Siegal of counsel), for appellants.

Satterlee Stephens Burke & Burke LLP, New York City ( Zoë E. Jasper and Alun W. Griffiths of counsel), for intervenors-appellants.

Michael A. Cardozo , Counsel, New York City ( Julian L. Kalkstein , Larry A. Sonnenshein and Thaddeus Hackworth of counsel), for respondents.

Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP, New York City ( Daniel F. Kolb , Lara M. Samet and Nicholas P. Stabile of counsel), and Steven Banks, Legal Aid Society, for internor-respondent.


OPINION OF THE COURT

CIPARICK, J.

This appeal presents the question of whether the City of New York's 2010 plan for indigent defense, permitting representation by both institutional providers and private attorneys in cases in which a conflict of interest precludes representation by the initial provider, constitutes a valid combination plan within the meaning of article 18-B of the County Law (County Law ...

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