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MATTER OF ANONYMOUS ATTORNEYS

41 N.Y.2d 506 (1977)

In the Matter of Anonymous Attorneys, Appellants. Bar Association of Erie County, Respondent. In the Matter of Anonymous, an Attorney, Appellant. Bar Association of Erie County, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 5, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Flaherty and Philip H. Magner, Jr., Buffalo, for appellants.

John B. Walsh, Buffalo, for respondent.

Chief Judge BREITEL and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and COOKE concur in Per Curiam opinion.

Per Curiam.

The sole issue before the court is whether incriminating testimony given by an attorney, following a grant of immunity, may be used as evidence against him in a disciplinary proceeding.

The appellants, attorneys admitted to practice in the State of New York, were called to testify before a Grand Jury investigating alleged irregularities in the fixing of traffic tickets in the City Court of Buffalo...

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