Mtr. of Abrams (John Anonymous)
New York Court of Appeals
POINTS OF COUNSEL I. Since the Attorney-General’s office lacks jurisdiction pursuant to section 399-n of article 26-A of the General Business Law to conduct a general, “in-house,” criminal investigation into the possible acceptance of unlawful gratuities by box office employees of the sports arena, the subpoenas issued to the individual appellants herein must be quashed. (People v Boulet, 88 Mise 2d 353; Matter of District Attorney of Suffolk County, 58 NY2d 436.) II.
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POINTS OF COUNSEL I. Since the Attorney-General’s office lacks jurisdiction pursuant to section 399-n of article 26-A of the General Business Law to conduct a general, “in-house,” criminal investigation into the possible acceptance of unlawful gratuities by box office employees of the sports arena, the subpoenas issued to the individual appellants herein must be quashed. (People v Boulet, 88 Mise 2d 353; Matter of District Attorney of Suffolk County, 58 NY2d 436.) II. That portion of the order of Justice Alexander, as affirmed by the court below, which bars “John Anonymous” from any further…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Jasen, J.
The issues raised on this appeal concern the power of the Attorney-General to investigate the allegedly illegal sale and distribution of tickets to events held at a large sports arena (arena).1 More specifically, we are asked to decide whether the Attorney-General is statutorily authorized to conduct such an investigation and to issue subpoenas pursuant thereto. We are also called upon to decide whether the respondent-attorney was properly disqualified from representing any of the individual respondents-employees in connection with the subject investigation.
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