
    Joseph Sternberg et al., Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated, Respondents, v Citicorp Credit Services, Inc., et al., Appellants.
    Argued April 24, 1980;
    decided June 3, 1980
    
      APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
    
      John E. Hoffman, Jr., and Stephen F. Ellman for appellants.
    
      Edward Labaton, Mark J. Elder, Robert S. Schachter and Jonathan M. Plasse for Joseph Sternberg and another, respondents.
    
      Sheldon V. Burman for Robert P. Shafton, respondent.
    
      John H. Higgs and Michael B. Evanoff for Eastern States Bankcard Association, Inc., and another, amici curiae.
    
    
      Robert Abrams, Attorney-General (Shirley Adelson Siegel, Harvey M. Berman and Douglas V. Ackerman of counsel), amicus curiae.
    
   OPINION OF THE COURT

Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Mr. Justice J. Irwin Shapiro at the Appellate Division (69 AD2d 352). Question certified answered in the affirmative.

Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.  