Legal Opinion
Steinbrecher v. Wapnick
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 10, 1969PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
The plaintiff, a used car dealer, brought the present civil action, alleging that the defendant Wapnick, in concert with several others, had fraudulently sold him 17 stolen automobiles. When Wapnick was examined before trial, he refused to answer questions concerning his participation in the sale of the stolen vehicles on the ground that the answers would tend to incriminate him. The primary question posed by this appeal is whether he had previously waived his right *357to do so by virtue of statements he had earlier made in another connection.
In 1961, when Wapniek asserted his…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Brown v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
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