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MATTER OF NICHOLS v. GAMSO

35 N.Y.2d 35 (1974)

In the Matter of Mary P. Nichols et al., Respondents, v. Hyman Gamso, as Chief Clerk of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Judicial Department, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided July 15, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (A. Seth Greenwald and Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), for appellant.

Victor A. Kovner and Walter E. Beer, Jr. for respondents.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and RABIN concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge STEVENS taking no part.

Per Curiam.

Neither section 90 of the Judiciary Law, applicable to lawyer disciplinary proceedings, nor the newly-enacted chapter 578 of the Laws of 1974, effective September 1, 1974, applicable to disclosure of public records, would determine the issue in this case. Internal judicial investigations of charges or complaints against judicial officers are confidential, and no authority, decisional or statutory, suggests...

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