Case Name: In the Matter of George Beatty, Respondent, v. Commission of Investigation of the State of New York, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1962-06-29
Citations: 16 A.D.2d 1021
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of George Beatty, Respondent, v. Commission of Investigation of the State of New York, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 16
Pages: 1021–1021

Head Matter:
In the Matter of George Beatty, Respondent, v. Commission of Investigation of the State of New York, Appellant.

Opinion:
Appeal from an order of a Special Term of the Supreme Court, Albany County. The prior taking of petitioner's books and records, considered heretofore in our decisions of March 13 and May 15, 1962, does not alone invalidate a later lawful subpoena calling for production of the same records, whether or not either the original taking or the subsequent retention after demand for their return was illegal. Residual issues that may appear in the actual examination presenting broader questions relating to the petitioner's rights are not reached in this proceeding addressed to the subprona. The subpoena is technically valid on its face and this record does not demonstrate a sufficient showing of oppression or undue hardship to the petitioner to require judicial interference. Order reversed, on the law and the facts, and petition dismissed, without costs. Bergan, P. J., Cooil, Gibson, Herlihy and Reynolds, JJ., concur.