Mapp v. Burnham

Friedman, J. (dissenting).

Respondent Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (the PA) formerly maintained its principal offices at the World Trade Center, which, as is well known, was completely destroyed in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In spite of the deaths of 75 of its employees and the radical disruption of its operations, the PA fully met its payroll obligations to its surviving employees in the weeks following this devastating catastrophe. There were no layoffs, and no PA employee missed a single paycheck.

Unfortunately, a very small number of PA employees misrepresented…