Laborers I. U. N. A. Local No. 333 v. New York State Organized Crime Task Force

• Citation: 440 N.Y.S.2d 119,81 A.D.2d 1037
• Parties: In the Matter of the Application of LABORERS I. U. N. A. LOCAL # 333, et al., Respondents, v. The NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE, et al., Appellants.
• Decision Date: 27 May 1981
• Court: New York Supreme Court Appellate Division

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440 N.Y.S.2d 119

81 A.D.2d 1037

In the Matter of the Application of LABORERS I. U. N. A.

LOCAL # 333, et al., Respondents, v. The NEW YORK STATE ORGANIZED CRIME TASK FORCE, et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court, Appellate Division,

Fourth Department.

May 27, 1981.

Ralph W. Smith, Jr., Acting Deputy Atty. Gen. In Charge of The Organized Crime Task Force, Albany by James Sweeny, Albany, for appellants.

Germain & Germain, Syracuse by Stanley Germain, Syracuse, for respondents.

Before DILLON, P. J., and CARDAMONE, HANCOCK, DENMAN and SCHNEPP, JJ.

MEMORANDUM:

Special Term erred in quashing a subpoena duces tecum issued by appellants to Marine Midland Bank directing the production of bank records concerning deposits and other financial transactions of respondents. As depositors respondents have no legitimate expectation of privacy and no cognizable Fourth Amendment interest in such bank records and, therefore, lack standing to challenge the subpoena (see United States v. Miller, 425 U.S. 435, 440-445, 96 S.Ct. 1619, 1622, 48 L.Ed.2d 71; Matter of Cappetta, 42 N.Y.2d 1066, 399 N.Y.S.2d 638, 369 N.E.2d 1172, affg. 57 A.D.2d 596, 393 N.Y.S.2d 554, affg. 89 Misc.2d 943, 392 N.Y.S.2d 996; Matter of Shapiro v. Chase Manhattan Bank, N. A., 53 A.D.2d 542, 384 N.Y.S.2d 795; Cunningham & Kaming v. Nadjari, 53 A.D.2d 520, 384 N.Y.S.2d 383; Matter of Democratic County Committee of Bronx County v. Nadjari, 52 A.D.2d 70, 383 N.Y.S.2d 311).

Order unanimously reversed without costs and application denied.