Legal Opinion
People v. Avant
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 28, 1973PublishedCited by 60 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWachtler, J.
The defendants are public contractors. In 1969 they entered into a contract with the City of Albany to perform snow removal services during the winter of 1969-1970, In March of 1971, they were subpoenaed to appear and produce certain business records before the Albany County Grand Jury investigating the purchasing practices of the City of Albany. They appeared, executed a limited waiver of immunity — extending only to their performance of the snow removal contract — and surrendered the subpoenaed records. On May 26, 1971 the Grand Jury returned two indictments charging them with grand larceny…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- People v. OakleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
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