Legal Opinion
Hynes v. Karassik
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 10, 1979PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Fuchsberg, J.
The issue before us is whether an order which directs the sealing of official records and papers pertaining to a criminal trial in which an attorney has been acquitted, operates to prevent those records from being unsealed for use in a subsequent investigation into the attorney’s fitness to practice law. The Appellate Division reversed and denied the motion for unsealing as a matter of law. We now affirm.1
Respondent, a lawyer, was indicted for the misdemeanor of criminal solicitation in the second degree. The charge was based on the allegation that he had…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Stevenson v. News Syndicate Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1950
- Bohlen v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1890
- People Ex Rel. Hirschberg v. Orange County CourtNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Santangello v. PeopleNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- District Attroney v. Angelo G.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
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3Cited by123 opinions
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- In re of DondiNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct v. RubensteinNew York Court of Appeals · 2014
- Obabueki v. International Business MacHines Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 2001
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