There is no merit to defendants' contention that plaintiff State's motion for contempt of a civil judgment should have been brought in a criminal term of the Supreme Court and that the IAS court therefore erred in entertaining it. The Martin Act confers upon the Attorney-General broad powers, including the right to bring either a civil or criminal action for contempt (General Business Law § 359-g [1] [a]). This is in line with the purposes of the Act, which include not...
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