Legal Opinion
In re District Attorney
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 31, 1983PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
At issue is the appropriateness of the exercise of a court’s discretion to allow the appellant, the District Attorney of Suffolk County, to utilize Grand Jury minutes in aid of a civil suit his county’s legislature authorized. The discretion was exercised under the umbrella of CPL 190.25 (subd 4), which, while articulating the secrecy which is to govern *440Grand Jury proceedings, does permit disclosure “upon written order of the court”.1
The minutes are those of Suffolk County’s February 1980 Grand Jury III. It was one of several successive and overlapping Grand…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops NorthwestSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Dairylea Cooperative, Inc. v. WalkleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Hynes v. KarassikNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- People v. Di NapoliNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
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3Cited by104 opinions
- In re Grand Jury Subpoenas for Local 17, 135, 257 & 608 of United Brotherhood of Carpenters & Joiners of AmericaNew York Court of Appeals · 1988
- In re Daniel C.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- State v. WatermanConnecticut Appellate Court · 1986
- People v. FetchoNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- People v. RobinsonNew York Court of Appeals · 2002
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