Lunding v. New York Tax Appeals Tribunal

522 U.S. 287 (1998)

LUNDING et ux.

v.

NEW YORK TAX APPEALS TRIBUNAL et al.

No. 96-1462.

United States Supreme Court.

Argued November 5, 1997.

Decided January 21, 1998.

CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF NEW YORK

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Stevens, Scalia, Souter, Thomas, and Breyer, JJ., joined. Ginsburg, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Kennedy, J., joined, post, p. 315.

Christopher H. Lunding, pro se, argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs was John E. Smith.

Andrew D. Bing, Assistant Attorney General of New York, argued…