Case Name: In the Matter of Marvell B. Brumfield, Appellant, v. Vincent L. Tofany, as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1972-12-29
Citations: 31 N.Y.2d 928
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Marvell B. Brumfield, Appellant, v. Vincent L. Tofany, as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 31
Pages: 928–931

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Marvell B. Brumfield, Appellant, v. Vincent L. Tofany, as New York State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles, Respondent.
Argued December 1, 1972;
decided December 29, 1972.
C. Samuel Beardsley for appellant.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Sidney L. Grossman, Jean M. Coon and Neil M. Gingold of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
Order reversed, without costs, and matter remitted to Supreme Court, Onondaga County, for a hearing to determine whether or not proof of appellant's financial security was at all times in effect. (See Matter of Hanmer v. Tofany, 34 A D 2d 383.) In the posture in which the case comes to us, it is unnecessary to decide the constitutionality of subdivisions 1 and 13 of section 318 of the Vehicle and Traffic Law. The stay, granted by the court on July 19, 1971, is continued.
Concur: Chief Judge Ftjld and Judges Burke, Scileppi, Bergan and Gibson. Judges Breitel and Jasen dissent and vote to affirm in the following memorandum.