Consumers Union of U.S., Inc. v. State

5 N.Y.3d 327 (2005)

840 N.E.2d 68

806 N.Y.S.2d 99

CONSUMERS UNION OF U.S., INC., et al., Appellants-Respondents,

v.

STATE OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents-Appellants, and THE CHARITABLE ASSET FOUNDATION, Appellant, et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Argued April 26, 2005.

Decided June 20, 2005.

Law Office of Mark Scherzer, New York City (Mark Scherzer and A. Christopher Wieber of counsel), for appellants-respondents.

Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General, New York City (Robert H. Easton and Caitlin J. Halligan of counsel), for State of New York and others, respondents-appellants.

We…