Leo v. Barnett
| Decision Date | 17 February 1977 |
| Citation | 393 N.Y.S.2d 994,41 N.Y.2d 879 |
| Parties | , 362 N.E.2d 624 Donald W. LEO et al., Appellants, v. Aaron BARNETT, Supervisor, et al., Respondents. |
| Court | New York Court of Appeals Court of Appeals |
Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice James D. Hopkins at the Appellate Division (48 A.D.2d 463, 369 N.Y.S.2d 789).
All concur.
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Corning v. Village of Laurel Hollow
...result may not be altered by the simple expedient of substituting plaintiffs as a party for the law firm (see Leo v. Barnett, 41 N.Y.2d 879, 393 N.Y.S.2d 994, 362 N.E.2d 1624 affg 48 A.D.2d 463, 464, 369 N.Y.S.2d 789, Plaintiffs admit that their attorneys were never retained by the village.......
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Zimmer v. Town of Brookhaven
...of Supervisors of Oneida County, 178 A.D. 716, 165 N.Y.S. 511; Leo v. Barnett, 48 A.D.2d 463, 369 N.Y.S.2d 789, affd. 41 N.Y.2d 879, 393 N.Y.S.2d 994, 362 N.E.2d 624) resting upon a strictly public, as opposed to private, benefit (see, e.g., Matter of Kilroe v. Craig, 208 A.D. 93, 96, 203 N......
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Orndorff v. West Virginia Dept. of Health, 14641
... ... Wolf v. Missouri State Training School, 517 S.W.2d 138 (Mo.1975); Mason v. Civil Service Commission, 51 N.J. 115, 238 A.2d 161 (1968); contra, Leo v. Barnett, 48 A.D.2d 463, 369 N.Y.S.2d 789 (1975), aff'd, 41 N.Y.2d 879, 362 N.E.2d 624, 393 N.Y.S.2d 994 (1977). None of these decisions, however, are helpful in deciding the issues now before us ... One obvious purpose of a provision for reasonable attorney fees is to provide a measure of ... ...
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Blumberg v. Town of North Hempstead
...(see e.g., Corning v. Village of Laurel Hollow, supra; Leo v. Barnett, 48 A.D.2d 463, 369 N.Y.S.2d 789, affd. 41 N.Y.2d 879, 393 N.Y.S.2d 994, 362 N.E.2d 624). Where an officer is compelled to engage counsel to avoid personal liability for alleged misconduct, it has been held that no benefi......
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