Case Name: In the Matter of David E. Graham, Jr., Appellant, v. Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1988-10-20
Citations: 72 N.Y.2d 1014
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of David E. Graham, Jr., Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 72
Pages: 1014–1021

Head Matter:
In the Matter of David E. Graham, Jr., Appellant, v Thomas A. Coughlin, III, as Commissioner of the Department of Correctional Services, Respondent.
Argued September 9, 1988;
decided October 20, 1988
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Gerald V. Hayes and Peter L. Maroulis for appellant.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (John Q. Driscoll, O. Peter Sherwood and Peter H Schiff of counsel), for respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, with costs, for the reasons stated in the memorandum at the Appellate Division (135 AD2d 1014), noting that Public Officers Law § 30 (1) (e) was not amended to conform with the 1979 amendment to Judiciary Law § 90 (4) (e), this being a statutory policy choice for the Legislature.
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Titone and Bellacosa. Judge Alexander concurs in result in a memorandum. Judge Hancock, Jr., concurs in result in an opinion in which Judge Kaye concurs.