CONSUMERS UNION v. STATE

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Law Office of Mark Scherzer, New York City (Mark Scherzer and A. Christopher Wieber of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Robert H. Easton and Caitlin J. Halligan of counsel), for State of New York and others, respondents-appellants.

Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP, New York City (Steven Alan Reiss, Janet L. Horn and Adam K. Grant of counsel), and Hinman Straub P.C., Albany (Bartley J. Costello, III and Kimberly C. Lawrence of counsel), for Empire HealthChoice, Inc., respondent-appellant.

Proskauer Rose LLP, New York City (Steven E. Obus and Edward S. Kornreich of counsel), for appellant.

Before: Judges CIPARICK, ROSENBLATT and GRAFFEO concur with Judge READ; Judge G.B. SMITH dissents in part in a separate opinion; Judge R.S. SMITH dissents in part in another opinion in which Judge G.B. SMITH concurs; Chief Judge KAYE taking no part.