MATTER OF JOSEPH BURSTYN, INC. v. Wilson

303 N.Y. 242 (1951)

In the Matter of Joseph Burstyn, Inc., Appellant,

v.

Lewis A. Wilson, as Commissioner of Education of The State of New York, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued June 1, 1951.

Decided October 18, 1951

Ephraim S. London, Clendon H. Lee, Leonard P. Simpson and Seymour M. Burg for appellant.

Newell G. Alford, Jr., Osmond K. Fraenkel, Herbert Monte Levy and Robert Markewich for New York City Civil Liberties Committee and another, amici curiæ, in support of appellant's position.

Herman Seid for Metropolitan Committee for Religious Liberty, amicus curiæ,…