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State of New York v. Garlick Parkside Mem. Chapels

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 11, 1968
23 N.Y.2d 754 (N.Y. 1968)

Opinion

Argued November 18, 1968

Decided December 11, 1968

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department, HARRY B. FRANK, J.

Charles S. Desmond, George Goodstein and Joseph Rubin for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Philip Weinberg, Samuel A. Hirshowitz and Henry P. Lipscomb, Jr., of counsel), for respondent.

George Goodstein for New York State Funeral Directors Association, Inc., amicus curiae.


Order affirmed, with costs, on the prevailing opinion at the Appellate Division.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, BERGAN, BREITEL and JASEN. Judges SCILEPPI and KEATING dissent and vote to reverse on the dissenting opinion at the Appellate Division.


Summaries of

State of New York v. Garlick Parkside Mem. Chapels

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Dec 11, 1968
23 N.Y.2d 754 (N.Y. 1968)
Case details for

State of New York v. Garlick Parkside Mem. Chapels

Case Details

Full title:STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. J.S. GARLICK PARKSIDE MEMORIAL CHAPELS…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 11, 1968

Citations

23 N.Y.2d 754 (N.Y. 1968)
296 N.Y.S.2d 952
244 N.E.2d 467

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