RENO v. D'JAVID


42 N.Y.2d 1040 (1977)

Margaret J. Reno, Appellant, v. Ismail F. D'Javid, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 6, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juris G. Cederbaums, Gino E. Gallina and Eric J. Weiss for appellant.

Richard A. Young, Peter C. Kopff and Stephen J. Pribula for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER and COOKE concur; Judge FUCHSBERG dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion.


MEMORANDUM.

Order affirmed, without costs, on the memorandum at the Appellate Division. In response to the dissenting opinion only one comment is necessary. The more grievous violation at issue is not that of the statute prohibiting abortions, itself the object of a changing legislative view, but of the paramount public policy imperative that the law, whatever its content at a given time or for however limited a period, be obeyed.

FUCHSBERG, J...

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