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Lefkowitz v. Cornell Univ

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 12, 1971
28 N.Y.2d 876 (N.Y. 1971)

Opinion

Argued April 15, 1971

Decided May 12, 1971

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Fourth Judicial Department, HAROLD P. KELLY, J.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Warren M. Goidel, Samuel A. Hirshowitz, P. Hodges Combier and Palmer B. Wald of counsel), for appellant.

Alexander C. Cordes and Neal R. Stamp for Cornell University and Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory, Inc., respondents.

Frank G. Raichle, Alger A. Williams, David Sher and Ralph L. Halpern for EDP Technology, Inc., respondent.

John A. Beach for Syracuse University, amicus curiae.


Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion at the Appellate Division.

Concur: Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, BERGAN, BREITEL, JASEN and GIBSON.


Summaries of

Lefkowitz v. Cornell Univ

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
May 12, 1971
28 N.Y.2d 876 (N.Y. 1971)
Case details for

Lefkowitz v. Cornell Univ

Case Details

Full title:LOUIS J. LEFKOWITZ, as Attorney-General of the State of New York…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 12, 1971

Citations

28 N.Y.2d 876 (N.Y. 1971)
322 N.Y.S.2d 717
271 N.E.2d 552

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