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Matter of Hopkins v. Lefkowitz

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 11, 1979
48 N.Y.2d 901 (N.Y. 1979)

Opinion

Argued November 15, 1979

Decided December 11, 1979

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, WILLIAM R. MURRAY, J.

William H. Keniry for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (George M. Thorpe and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for respondent.


Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice LOUIS M. GREENBLOTT at the Appellate Division ( 62 A.D.2d 674; see, also, Matter of Petix v Connelie, 47 N.Y.2d 457).

Concur: Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER.


Summaries of

Matter of Hopkins v. Lefkowitz

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 11, 1979
48 N.Y.2d 901 (N.Y. 1979)
Case details for

Matter of Hopkins v. Lefkowitz

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOSEPH T. HOPKINS, Appellant, v. LOUIS J. LEFKOWITZ, as…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 11, 1979

Citations

48 N.Y.2d 901 (N.Y. 1979)
424 N.Y.S.2d 897
400 N.E.2d 1349

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