State v. County of Sullivan

Full title: STATE OF NEW YORK, Appellant, v. COUNTY OF SULLIVAN et al., Respondents

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Dec 19, 1977

373 N.E.2d 291 (N.Y. 1977)

373 N.E.2d 291

402 N.Y.S.2d 397

Opinion

Argued November 16, 1977

Decided December 19, 1977

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, EDWARD S. CONWAY, J.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Joseph F. Gibbons and Ruth Kessler Toch of counsel), for appellant.

Jed B. Wolkenbreit, Robert P. Roche and William C. Rosen for County of Sullivan, respondent.

Bertram W. Eisenberg for Town of Thompson, respondent.

Order reversed, with costs, motion to dismiss denied, and complaint reinstated on the dissenting opinion by Presiding Justice HAROLD E. KOREMAN at the Appellate Division ( 54 A.D.2d 33 -35).

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