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Children of Bedford, Inc. v. Petromelis

79 N.Y.2d 972 Court N.Y. Decision date 1992-04-03 English

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In the Matter of Children of Bedford, Inc., et al., Appellants, v Angelo Petromelis et al., Constituting the Crime Victims Board of the State of New York, Respondents.
Decided April 3, 1992
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APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Leon Friedman, Jeffrey S. Goldstein and Arthur N. Eisenberg for appellants.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Susan L. Watson of counsel), for respondents.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Reargument ordered and, upon reargument, following remand by the Supreme Court of the United States, order

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reversed, with costs, judgment declaring Executive Law § 632-a unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the US Constitution granted and determination of the Crime Victims Board, dated October 26, 1987, annulled (Children of Bedford v Petromelis, — US —, 116 L Ed 2d 767 [Jan. 13,1992]).

Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Alexander, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa. Taking no part: Judges Kaye and Titone.

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