Glenwood TV, Inc. v. Ratner

Gibbons, J. (dissenting in part).

We are asked in this case to determine whether a municipality may require a person who is in the business of servicing televisions or radios to submit to an inspection of his business records without a warrant or its functional equivalent, e.g., an administrative subpoena. I believe that it may not, and, accordingly, would declare such an ordinance to be unconstitutional insofar as it purports to authorize such inspections. I therefore respectfully dissent in part.

In 1973, the City of New York enacted an ordinance (Administrative Code of City of New York, ch…