Legal Opinion
People v. Ohrenstein
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 27, 1990PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Chief Judge Wachtler.
The primary question on this appeal is whether the Minor*43ity Leader of the State Senate may be prosecuted criminally for having assigned employees of his Senate staff, largely during the year 1986, to work on political campaigns for members of his party seeking election or reelection to the Senate. The case also presents the question whether defendants may be prosecuted criminally for having placed on the Senate payroll, during that same period, "no-show” employees —persons who did no work and were not expected to do anything to earn their salaries.
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2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Gravel v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Hutchinson v. ProxmireSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. BrewsterSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Doe v. McMillanSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Bordeleau v. State of NYNew York Court of Appeals · 2011
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