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SAM v. SANDERS

55 N.Y.2d 1008 (1982)

Carlos Sam, Appellant, v. Beverly Sanders, As Assistant Commissioner of Special Services for Children, et al., Respondents, and New York State Department of Social Services, Intervenor-Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided February 23, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George Kannar and Marcia Robinson Lowry for appellant.

Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Robert J. Schack and Shirley Adelson Siegel of counsel), for New York State Department of Social Services, respondent.

Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel (Pamela Seider Dolgow and Ronald E. Sternberg of counsel), for New York City Department of Social Services and others, respondents.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur.

MEMORANDUM.

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.

On the record it cannot be said that the courts below abused their discretion under the statute (Social Services Law, § 372, subd 3) in limiting disclosure as they have. We note in particular that the denial of additional disclosure of matters relating to petitioner's sisters was without prejudice to his right to reapply. In such...

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