Case Name: County of Nassau, Appellant, v. South Farmingdale Water District, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1978-12-21
Citations: 46 N.Y.2d 794
Docket Number: 
Parties: County of Nassau, Appellant, v South Farmingdale Water District, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 794–796

Head Matter:
County of Nassau, Appellant, v South Farmingdale Water District, Respondent.
Argued November 29, 1978;
decided December 21, 1978
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Edward G. McCabe (Robert O. Boyhan and Robert S. Hoshino of counsel), for appellant.
Gregory W. Carman for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, on the opinion by Mr. Justice Joseph A. Suozzi at the Appellate Division (62 AD2d 380), recognizing, as a caveat, however, that the demarcation between governmental or proprietary interests in property owned or operated by government or its subdivisions no longer is as clear as it was in the past.
Concur: Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke.