Agency for Investigation & Detection, Inc. v. Department of State

Petitioner moves by this article 78 proceeding for an order reviewing and annulling the determination of respondent and its suspension of petitioner’s license thereunder. Petitioner is a licensed detective agency subject to regulation by the respondent. Petitioner, by an officer thereof and two other employees, conducted a raid on the apartment of one Norma Dunier on the morning of August 16, 1964, at about 6:00 a.m., for the purpose of obtaining evidence to be used in a divorce action between a Mrs. Steinberg and her husband, Mr. Steinberg.

It appears that Mr. Steinberg was in Mrs. Dunier’s…