Opinion

Matter of Shell Creek Sailing Club, Inc. v. Bd. of Zoning Appeals of the Town of Hempstead

  • 20 N.Y.2d 841
  • 285 N.Y.S.2d 80
  • 231 N.E.2d 773
  • 1967 N.Y. LEXIS 1167
Court
New York Court of Appeals
Filed
Oct 26, 1967
Status
Published
Cited by
5 cases
Authority
More cited than 77.1%

The opinion

Order affirmed, without costs. It must be noted, however, that the Appellate Division should have reversed solely on the law. An appeal from a determination of an administrative

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agency made after a hearing at which some evidence has boon taken raises the single issue of whether the findings are, on the entire record, supported by substantial evidence. The Appellate Division, lacking power to find new facts, may not reverse on the facts. (CPLR 7803; see

Matter of Weinstein

v.

Board of

Regents, 292 N. Y. 682 ;

Matter of Kilgus

v.

Board of Estimate of City of N. 7.,

308 N. Y. 620 .)

Concur: Chief Judge Fuld and Judges Van Voorhis, Burke, Scileppi, Bergan, Keating and Breitel.

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