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GRAND JURY v. KURIANSKY

69 N.Y.2d 232 (1987)

In the Matter of the Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated December 14, 1984, Y., M. D., P. C., Respondent-Appellant, v. Edward Kuriansky, as Deputy Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent. In the Matter of the Grand Jury Subpoena Duces Tecum Dated December 14, 1984, X., M. D., Respondent-Appellant, v. Edward Kuriansky, as Deputy Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 19, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward J. Kuriansky, Deputy Attorney-General, pro se, and Robert Dublirer, Donald H. Zuckerman and Lawrence N. Gray for Edward J. Kuriansky, appellant-respondent.

Gerald B. Lefcourt, Lawrence S. Goldman, Erica Horwitz, Joshua L. Dratel and Roger Parloff for respondents-appellants.

Joel I. Klein, Paul M. Smith and JoAnn E. MacBeth for the New York Psychiatric Association, amicus curiae.

Arthur G. Weinstein and David Wait for New York State District Attorneys Association, amicus curiae.

Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur with Chief Judge WACHTLER; Judge SIMONS dissents in part and votes to modify by reinstating the orders of Supreme Court, New York County, in a separate opinion.

Chief Judge WACHTLER.

The physician-patient privilege originated in this State. It did not exist at common law and the first statute to recognize the privilege was adopted by the New York Legislature in 1828. This case tests that privilege against a Grand Jury subpoena.

Petitioners, two psychiatrists, have moved to quash subpoenas requiring them to produce records...

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