Case Name: In the Matter of the Application of Joseph Dermody, Individually, and as Chairman of the Kings County Committee of the American Labor Party and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kings County Committee of the American Labor Party, and Daniel Allen, Individually and as American Labor Party Designee for the Office of Member of the City Council, Appellants, against S. Howard Cohen and Others, as Commissioners of Elections for the City of New York, Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Louis J. Hollander, John Gelo, Louis P. Goldberg, Andrew Armstrong and Salvatore DeMatteo, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1941-10-23
Citations: 262 A.D. 1041
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Application of Joseph Dermody, Individually, and as Chairman of the Kings County Committee of the American Labor Party and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kings County Committee of the American Labor Party, and Daniel Allen, Individually and as American Labor Party Designee for the Office of Member of the City Council, Appellants, against S. Howard Cohen and Others, as Commissioners of Elections for the City of New York, Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Louis J. Hollander, John Gelo, Louis P. Goldberg, Andrew Armstrong and Salvatore DeMatteo, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 262
Pages: 1041–1041

Head Matter:
(October 23, 1941.)
In the Matter of the Application of Joseph Dermody, Individually, and as Chairman of the Kings County Committee of the American Labor Party and Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Kings County Committee of the American Labor Party, and Daniel Allen, Individually and as American Labor Party Designee for the Office of Member of the City Council, Appellants, against S. Howard Cohen and Others, as Commissioners of Elections for the City of New York, Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, and Louis J. Hollander, John Gelo, Louis P. Goldberg, Andrew Armstrong and Salvatore DeMatteo, Respondents.

Opinion:
Order affirmed, without costs, in the exercise of discretion. Hagarty, Carswell and Taylor, JJ., concur; Adel and Close, JJ., dissent and vote to modify the order so as to provide for the appointment of a supervisor with the usual powers, and as so modified, to affirm. Motion for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeals granted. Present — Hagarty, Cars-well, Adel, Taylor and Close, JJ.