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People ex Rel. Valenti v. McCloskey

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 8, 1960
168 N.E.2d 853 (N.Y. 1960)

Opinion

Argued June 9, 1960

Decided July 8, 1960

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, ARTHUR MARKEWICH, J.

Eliot H. Lumbard, Peter J. McQuillan and Nathan Skolnik for Commission of Investigation of the State of New York, appellant.

Gilbert S. Rosenthal and A.J. Jaffe for respondent.


Order affirmed; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and FOSTER. Judges DYE and BURKE dissent and vote to reverse and to reinstate the order of Special Term upon the ground that the relator's answers, superficially at least, were not false on their face but were, in fact and effect, so carefully contrived and so lacking in substance as to amount to a refusal to answer, since the net effect of the interrogation was to leave the Commission of Investigation without any useful or material information not already known concerning the so-called Apalachin meeting (cf. People ex rel. Valenti v. McCloskey, 6 N.Y.2d 390).


Summaries of

People ex Rel. Valenti v. McCloskey

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Jul 8, 1960
168 N.E.2d 853 (N.Y. 1960)
Case details for

People ex Rel. Valenti v. McCloskey

Case Details

Full title:THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK ex rel. COSTENZE P. VALENTI…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jul 8, 1960

Citations

168 N.E.2d 853 (N.Y. 1960)
168 N.E.2d 853
204 N.Y.S.2d 188

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