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LANZA v. N. Y. S. JOINT LEGIS. COMM.

3 N.Y.2d 92 (1957)

Joseph Lanza et al., Appellants, v. New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Government Operations et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 24, 1957.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward H. Levine and Vernon C. Rossner for appellants.

Emanuel Redfield for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiæ, in support of appellants' position.

Arnold Bauman, in person, and Boris S. Berkovitch for Arnold Bauman and others, respondents.

CONWAY, Ch. J., VAN VOORHIS and BURKE, JJ., concur with FROESSEL, J.; DESMOND, DYE and FULD, JJ., dissent in separate opinions in which each concurs.

FROESSEL, J.

Plaintiffs, an attorney and his alleged client, brought this action to restrain defendants, a New York State Joint Legislative Committee, its chairman and counsel, from "using" or divulging a communication said to be confidential and contained in a recording thereof illegally obtained, and for related relief. At the same time, plaintiffs moved for a temporary injunction for the same relief. Defendants...

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