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Legal Citation: 673 N.Y.S. 2d 350 (1998)

Appellant
Maureen Kass

Appellee
Steven Kass

Appellant's Claim
That five stored, frozen human embryos be granted to the woman who donated the eggs so she might fulfill her constitutional right to have children.

Chief Lawyers for Appellant
Vincent F. Stempel, Lisa Ann Spero

Chief Lawyer for Appellee
Linda T. Armatti-Epstein

Justices for the Court
Joseph W. Bellacosa, Carmen Beauchamp Ciparick, Judith S. Kaye (writing for the court), Howard Levine, George Bundy Smith, Vito J. Titone, Richard C. Wesley

Justices Dissenting
None

Place
Albany, New York, New York State Court of Appeals

Date of Decision
7 May 1998

Decision
A previous agreement signed by the two parties donating the embryos to an "in vitro fertilization"...