Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 425. Advocates Dante M. Scaccia for Paxton Blair, Solicitor General of New York, for Judges PER CURIAM. See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. OPINION LaPORTE ET AL. v. NEW YORK. Appeal dismissed for want of a substantial federal question. Reported below: 6 N.Y.2d 1, 159 N.E. 540. PER CURIAM. The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question.