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Matter of County of Suffolk v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 22, 1988
534 N.E.2d 320 (N.Y. 1988)

Opinion

Argued November 21, 1988

Decided December 22, 1988

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, William L. Ford, J.

E. Thomas Boyle, County Attorney (Joyce D. Long of counsel), for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Martin A. Hotvet, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondents.


Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division ( 138 A.D.2d 815).

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA.


Summaries of

Matter of County of Suffolk v. State of New York

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 22, 1988
534 N.E.2d 320 (N.Y. 1988)
Case details for

Matter of County of Suffolk v. State of New York

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the COUNTY OF SUFFOLK et al., Appellants, v. STATE OF NEW…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 22, 1988

Citations

534 N.E.2d 320 (N.Y. 1988)
534 N.E.2d 320
537 N.Y.S.2d 482

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