Legal Opinion
Canteline v. McClellan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided March 5, 1940PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtConway, J.
The appellants are police officers of the city of Buffalo and have been commanded by the defendant Commissioner to attend before a grand jury and there to execute a waiver of immunity pursuant to article I, section 6, of the Constitution of the State of New York. They have attended at the grand jury but have declined to sign a waiver of immunity against subsequent criminal prosecution with respect to their conduct in office or their performance of official duties prior to January 1, 1939, the effective date of the present Constitution. They have brought this action asking for a declaration of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Snyder v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
- Palko v. ConnecticutSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
- Twining v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Hawker v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1898
- Dodge v. Board of Ed. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1937
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Daniman v. Board of EducationNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- United States v. FieldCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
- State v. HordSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1965
- Faxon v. School Committee of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1954
- Congress of Industrial Organizations v. City of DallasCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1946
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