Case Name: Norman Goodman, as County Clerk of New York County, Respondent, v. Joan Liebovitz, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-01-03
Citations: 73 A.D.2d 855
Docket Number: 
Parties: Norman Goodman, as County Clerk of New York County, Respondent, v Joan Liebovitz, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 73
Pages: 855–857

Head Matter:
Norman Goodman, as County Clerk of New York County, Respondent, v Joan Liebovitz, Appellant.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered January 9, 1979, is affirmed, without costs. Fingerprinting of prospective grand jurors constitutes a minimal invasion of privacy, further ameliorated by the reasonable directions of Special Term that prints transmitted for verification to any agency of government shall not be retained of record, unless already on file, with a choice given each prospective juror to have the prints returned. A grant of an option to evade any form of jury service by refusing to be printed would contribute to the undermining of the principle of universality of service. There are too many avenues of evasion already open. Concur—Sandler, Sullivan, Bloom and Markewich, JJ.