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Lefkowitz v. Kershenberg

56 A.D.2d 555 Court N.Y. App. Div. Decision date 1977-02-17 English

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In the Matter of Louis J. Lefkowitz, as Attorney-General of the State of New York, Respondent, v Gerald Kershenberg, Appellant.

Appeal from order, Supreme Court, New York County, entered July 26, 1976, directing compliance by respondent-appellant with petitioner-respondent Attorney-General’s investigative subpoena duces tecum, unanimously dismissed, as moot, without costs and without disbursements. Appellant has, since the order appealed from, voluntarily complied fully therewith, as the Attorney-General concedes, and that official has also stated that no prosecution whatever of appellant is contemplated. There is no longer any controversy requiring judicial intervention. (Tserpes v Attorney-General of State of NY, 49 AD2d 736 .) Had the matter not been rendered moot, we would

p. 556
have affirmed on the merits. Concur—Kupferman, J. P., Murphy, Lane and Markewich, JJ.