Case Name: In the Matter of the Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant. American Research Council, Inc., Nicolas Darvas et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1961-10-05
Citations: 10 N.Y.2d 810
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of the Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant. American Research Council, Inc., Nicolas Darvas et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 10
Pages: 810–811

Head Matter:
In the Matter of the Attorney-General of the State of New York, Appellant. American Research Council, Inc., Nicolas Darvas et al., Respondents.
Submitted October 2, 1961;
decided October 5, 1961.
Milton A. Bass for motion.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Samuel A. Hirshowitz of counsel), opposed.

Opinion:
Motion granted. Return of remittitur requested and, when returned, it will be amended by adding thereto the following: Upon the appeal herein there was presented and necessarily passed upon a question under the Constitution of the United States, viz.: Respondents contended that to construe article 23-A of the General Business Law of the State of New York to permit the Attorney-General to inquire into a book, such as the one in issue, rendered article 23-A unconstitutional because it infringed on the guarantees of free press set forth in the First and Fourteenth Amendments. The Court of Appeals held that article 23-A of the General Business Law as construed was constitutional.