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Matter of Camacho v. Doe

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 19, 1959
7 N.Y.2d 762 (N.Y. 1959)

Opinion

Argued October 7, 1959

Decided November 19, 1959

Appeal from the Supreme Court, EDGAR J. NATHAN, JR., J.

Gene Crescenzi for appellant.

Charles H. Tenney, Corporation Counsel ( Alfred Weinstein, Seymour B. Quel and Edwin Margolis of counsel), for respondents.

Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General ( Paxton Blair of counsel), in his capacity under section 71 of the Executive Law.

Leo Pfeffer, Shad Polier, Will Maslow and Janet Alter for American Jewish Congress, amicus curiae.


Order affirmed, without costs; no opinion.

Concur: Chief Judge CONWAY and Judges DESMOND, DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, VAN VOORHIS and BURKE.


Summaries of

Matter of Camacho v. Doe

Court of Appeals of the State of New York
Nov 19, 1959
7 N.Y.2d 762 (N.Y. 1959)
Case details for

Matter of Camacho v. Doe

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of JOSE CAMACHO, Appellant, against JOHN DOE et al.…

Court:Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Nov 19, 1959

Citations

7 N.Y.2d 762 (N.Y. 1959)
194 N.Y.S.2d 33
163 N.E.2d 140

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