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MATTER OF ABE A.

56 N.Y.2d 288 (1982)

In the Matter of an Investigation into the Death of Abe A. Jon L., Respondent; District Attorney, New York County, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 17, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Mortenthau, District Attorney (Robert M. Pitler and Amyjane Rettew of counsel), appellant pro se.

Lawrence Iason, Robert Kasanof and Howard E. Heiss for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER and MEYER concur with Judge FUCHSBERG; Judge GABRIELLI concurs in result only.

FUCHSBERG, J.

One of the greatest contributions of American law may be the protection it affords the individual against the power of the government itself. However, the values this bespeaks often require a delicate balancing of the individual interest in privacy and dignity against circumstances which may call for intrusion by organized society. In this context, we now are called upon to determine the extremely...

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