The People Ex Rel. the Trustees of the Village of Jamaica, Appellants v. the Board of Supervisors of Queens…

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals held that a writ of certioradi cannot be used to review a purely legislative act of the Queens County Board of Supervisors, and therefore reversed the lower court’s order and quashed the writ. The court based its decision on the principle that certiorari is limited to judicial actions.