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NEW YORK STATE COALITION FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE, INC. v. COUGHLIN

64 N.Y.2d 660 (1984)

New York State Coalition for Criminal Justice, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the New York State Department of Correctional Services, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis B. Oliver, Harriet B. Oliver and Dorothy M. Keller for appellants.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Maurice K. Peaslee, Robert Hermann, Peter H. Schiff and Joan L. Craig of counsel), for respondents.

William J. Dean and Joan Vermeulen for Correctional Association of New York, amicus curiae.

Madeline Kochen and Arthur Eisenberg for New York Civil Liberties Union, amicus curiae.

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

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.

In Boryszewski v Brydges (37 N.Y.2d 361), this court established a broad right of standing on behalf of taxpayers seeking judicial review of governmental action said to be unconstitutional. That determination was not based on any constitutional right...

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