Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph Di Giacomo et al., Respondents, v. City of New York et al., Appellants
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1979-02-13
Citations: 46 N.Y.2d 894
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph Di Giacomo et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 46
Pages: 894–897

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joseph Di Giacomo et al., Respondents, v City of New York et al., Appellants.
Argued January 3, 1979;
decided February 13, 1979
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Allen G. Schwartz, Corporation Counsel (Irving Cohen and Leonard Koerner of counsel), for appellants.
Richard A. Dienst for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order reversed, with costs, and the order and the judgment of Supreme Court, New York County, dismissing the petition reinstated on the dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Samuel J. Silverman at the Appellate Division (58 AD2d, at pp 358-362). Question certified answered in the negative.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler and Fuchsberg. Judge Gabrielli dissents and votes to affirm in the following memorandum.