Case Name: In the Matter of the Town Board of the Town of Clarkstown et al., Respondents, v. Rubin Sterngass et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1976-10-19
Citations: 40 N.Y.2d 888
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Town Board of the Town of Clarkstown et al., Respondents, v Rubin Sterngass et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 40
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Town Board of the Town of Clarkstown et al., Respondents, v Rubin Sterngass et al., Appellants.
Argued September 16, 1976;
decided October 19, 1976
Eugene N. Cavallo, Jr., for appellants.
Rubin Sterngass, appellant pro se.
Murray N. Jacobson, Town Attorney (Joseph Deutsch of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
Order reversed, without costs, and the judgment of Supreme Court, Rockland County, reinstated. On close balance the court favors the findings of fact by Special Term (see Cohen and Karger, Powers of the New York Court of Appeals, § 112).
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke.