74 Misc. 2d 26 - Braslow v. Barnett’s Empirical Analysis
1973
Citation profile
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Seif v. City of Long Beach · Teresta v. City of New York · Matter of Fleischmann v. . Graves · Crowley v. City of New York · New York State Labor Relations Board v. Bethlehem Steel Co.
Most-quoted passages
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“[A] municipal board or officer possesses implied authority to employ counsel in the good faith prosecution or defense of an action undertaken in the public interest, and in conjunction with its or his official duties where the municipal attorney refused to act, or was incapable of, or was disqualified from, acting.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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