ALONZO M. v. PROB. DEPT.


72 N.Y.2d 662 (1988)

In the Matter of Alonzo M., Respondent, v. New York City Department of Probation et al., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided December 15, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter L. Zimroth, Corporation Counsel (Trudi Mara Schleifer and Francis F. Caputo of counsel), for appellants.

Henry S. Weintraub and Lenore Gittis for respondent.

Judges KAYE, ALEXANDER and TITONE concur with Judge BELLACOSA; Chief Judge WACHTLER dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judges SIMONS and HANCOCK, JR., concur.


BELLACOSA, J.

The New York City Department of Probation (Probation) reviewed sealed information of favorably terminated matters concerning petitioner — a juvenile — and supplied protected data from its own separately maintained records to the Family Court in connection with the disposition of the youth's latest brush with the law. The core issue is whether Probation violated the sealing protections...

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