MATTER OF RYAN v. LEFKOWITZ


18 N.Y.2d 977 (1966)

In the Matter of James A. Ryan, Appellant, v. Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 30, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew M. Pinckney for appellant.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Barry J. Lipson, Samuel A. Hirshowitz and George C. Mantzoros of counsel), respondent pro se.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges FULD, SCILEPPI and KEATING. Judges VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN dissent and vote to reverse in the following opinion.


Order affirmed, without costs, upon the Per Curiam opinion at the Appellate Division.

VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and BERGAN, JJ. (dissenting).

The power of the Attorney-General is not absolute. This is a State antitrust investigation of the milk industry, in which appellant is not claimed to have been engaged. He was the purchasing agent of Albany County. He enters the picture, insofar as the record indicates, due to the...

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