# Fallica v. Town of Brookhaven

> New York Court of Appeals · December 22, 1980 · 52 N.Y.2d 794

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/5533659

## Case

- **Full name:** Frank Fallica, as Members of the Board of Fire Commissioners of the Holtsville Fire District v. Town of Brookhaven, Appellants-Respondents
- **Court:** New York Court of Appeals
- **Decided:** December 22, 1980
- **Citations:** 52 N.Y.2d 794; 436 N.Y.S.2d 707; 417 N.E.2d 1248; 1980 N.Y. LEXIS 2881
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Cited by:** 15 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

OPINION OF THE COURT
Order modified, with costs to defendants, by reinstating the first and third decretal paragraphs of the judgment of Supreme Court, Suffolk County, for reasons stated in the dissenting opinion by Mr. Justice Leon D. Lazer at the Appellate Division ( 69 AD2d 579, 598-604 ) and, as so modi- . tied, affirmed.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Meyer.

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