Police Benevolent Ass'n of New York State Troopers, Inc. v. Division of New York State Police
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Rose, J.
This action was commenced by four State Troopers and their Police Benevolent Association to obtain a judgment declaring that the orders of their superiors directing them not to appear in response to subpoenas issued by local courts for certain pretrial proceedings are not lawful and need not be obeyed. In their complaint, plaintiffs allege that such orders put the Troopers in the position of having to choose to disobey either the courts’ or their employer’s directives. Although none of the Troopers had yet been held in contempt, they had received a warning and…
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