MATTER OF DIST. ATTORNEY


58 N.Y.2d 436 (1983)

In the Matter of District Attorney of Suffolk County, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided March 31, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick Henry, District Attorney (James J. O'Rourke and Mark D. Cohen of counsel), for appellant pro se.

Paul F. Corcoran, Robert W. Corcoran, Gerald L. Shargel and Emanuel Sfaelos for certain respondents.

Norman S. Ostrow, Paul R. Grand, Diana Parker, Lawrence S. Bader and William A. Zeck for certain respondents.

Thomas B. Treacy, Norman Alvy and George F. Mackey for certain respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and SIMONS concur.


FUCHSBERG, J.

At issue is the appropriateness of the exercise of a court's discretion to allow the appellant, the District Attorney of Suffolk County, to utilize Grand Jury minutes in aid of a civil suit his county's legislature authorized. The discretion was exercised under the umbrella of CPL 190.25 (subd 4), which, while articulating the secrecy which is to govern

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