Case Name: In the Matter of Children of Bedford, Inc., et al., Appellants, v. Angelo Petromelis et al., Constituting the Crime Victims Board of the State of New York, Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1992-04-03
Citations: 79 N.Y.2d 972
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Children of Bedford, Inc., et al., Appellants, v Angelo Petromelis et al., Constituting the Crime Victims Board of the State of New York, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 79
Pages: 972–975

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Children of Bedford, Inc., et al., Appellants, v Angelo Petromelis et al., Constituting the Crime Victims Board of the State of New York, Respondents.
Decided April 3, 1992
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Leon Friedman, Jeffrey S. Goldstein and Arthur N. Eisenberg for appellants.
Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Susan L. Watson of counsel), for respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Reargument ordered and, upon reargument, following remand by the Supreme Court of the United States, order reversed, with costs, judgment declaring Executive Law § 632-a unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the US Constitution granted and determination of the Crime Victims Board, dated October 26, 1987, annulled (Children of Bedford v Petromelis, — US —, 116 L Ed 2d 767 [Jan. 13,1992]).
Concur: Chief Judge Wachtler and Judges Simons, Alexander, Hancock, Jr., and Bellacosa. Taking no part: Judges Kaye and Titone.