DENNISON v. STATE OF NEW YORK


22 N.Y.2d 409 (1968)

Ira Dennison et al., Respondents, v. State of New York, Appellant. (Claim No. 42368.)

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 1, 1968.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Julius L. Sackman, Ruth Kessler Toch and Martin H. Schulman of counsel), for appellant.

Edwin L. Marion, Jr. for respondents.

Judges BURKE and JASEN concur with Judge KEATING; Chief Judge FULD concurs in a separate opinion; Judge BERGAN dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Judges SCILEPPI and BREITEL concur.


KEATING, J.

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