Case Name: County of Niagara, Appellant, v. Arthur Levitt, as State Comptroller, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1980-04-22
Citations: 49 N.Y.2d 922
Docket Number: 
Parties: County of Niagara, Appellant, v Arthur Levitt, as State Comptroller, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 49
Pages: 922–924

Head Matter:
County of Niagara, Appellant, v Arthur Levitt, as State Comptroller, et al., Respondents.
Argued March 20, 1980;
decided April 22, 1980
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
John V. Simon, County Attorney (Miles A. Lance of counsel), for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (William J. Kogan and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for Arthur Levitt, as State Comptroller, respondent.
William E. Straub for Niagara Frontier Transportation Authority and another, respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order modified, with costs to respondents, by declaring section 18-b (subd 5, par c) of the Transportation Law to be constitutional (Lanza v Wagner, 11 NY2d 317, 334) and, as so modified, affirmed for reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice Joseph P. Kuszynski at Supreme Court, Erie County (97 Misc 2d 421).
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.