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MTR. OF ABRAMS (JOHN ANONYMOUS)

62 N.Y.2d 183 (1984)

In the Matter of Robert Abrams, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent. John Anonymous et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided May 15, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy R. Kulcsar for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Howard W. Newman and Peter H. Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Judges JONES, WACHTLER, MEYER and KAYE concur with Judge JASEN; Judge SIMONS dissents and votes to dismiss the appeal in a separate opinion in which Chief Judge COOKE concurs.

JASEN, J.

The issues raised on this appeal concern the power of the Attorney-General to investigate the allegedly illegal sale and distribution of tickets to events held at a large sports arena (arena).1 More specifically, we are asked to decide whether the Attorney-General is statutorily authorized to conduct such an investigation and to issue subpoenas pursuant thereto. We are also...

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