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In re Spevack

New York Court of Appeals
Dec 1, 1965
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Order affirmed on the authority of Cohen v. Hurley (366 U. S. 117) and on the ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍further ground that the Fifth Amendment privilege does not apply to a demand, not for oral testimony, but that an attorney produce records ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍required by law to be kept by him (Davis v. United States, 328 U. S. 582; Shapiro v. United States, 335 U. S. 1).

Motion for stay denied.

Concur: Chief Judge Desmond and ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍Judges Dye, Van Voorhis, Burke, Soilefpi and Bergan. Judge Fuld concurs in the following memorandum: Although I still adhere to the views ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍I expressed in dissent in Matter of Cohen (Hurley) (7 N Y 2d 488, affd. sub nom. Cohen v. Hurley, 366 U. S. 117), I deem myself concluded by ‍‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‍that decision and, accordingly, concur for affirmance. (But cf. Malloy v. Hogan, 378 U. S. 1.)

Case Details

Case Name: In re Spevack
Court Name: New York Court of Appeals
Date Published: Dec 1, 1965
Citations: 16 N.Y.2d 1048; 213 N.E.2d 457; 266 N.Y.S.2d 126; 1965 N.Y. LEXIS 955
Court Abbreviation: N.Y.
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