Case law

Margolis v. Larkin

30 N.Y.2d 876 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 14, 1972

Cherry Hill Homes, Inc. v. Barbiere

28 N.Y.2d 381 · New York Court of Appeals · May 26, 1971

The board denied the variance. The court at Special Term annulled this determination on the authority of Matter of Fulling v. … Gorp. v. Zaino, 27 N Y 2d 258).

Fire Dept. of New York v. . Gilmour

149 N.Y. 453 · New York Court of Appeals · May 26, 1896

It is manifest that if an irreviewable discretion is-thereby lodged in the board, and the citizen is precluded in a. suit for the penalty from contesting the reasonableness of an order made, the board is vested with a power … Copcutt v. Board of Health, 140 N. Y. 1 ; Health Dept. v. Rector, supra ; City of Salem v. E. R. R. Co., 98 Hass. 431.) For the denial of this" right we think the order should be affirmed. All concur. Order affirmed.

Village of Lynbrook v. Cadoo

252 N.Y. 308 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 3, 1929

(United States v. New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co., 239 U. S. 88, 93 .) Waiver may in such cases be implied from a course of conduct indicative of a disposition to forego a right which might have been insisted upon. … West v. City of Des Moines, 96 Iowa, 521 .) Government is a practical affair. Statutory proceedings by town and village boards are often defective in some unsubstantial detail.

Matter of Hart

159 N.Y. 278 · New York Court of Appeals · Jun 6, 1899

Co. v. Jeroloman, 139 N. Y. 14 ; People ex rel. Jacobus v. Van Wyck, 157 id. 495.) … Wren v. Goetting, 133 N. Y. 569 ; People ex rel. Lewis v.

Matter of Harby v. . Marwell Brothers, Inc.

235 N.Y. 504 · New York Court of Appeals · Jan 23, 1923

Metzger v. Swift

258 N.Y. 440 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 3, 1932

This does not mean that one fulfilling such a function is invariably a State as distinguished from a city officer (Lewis v. Board of Education, 258 N. Y. 117 ; Matter of Hirshfield v. Cook, 227 N. … Bolton v. Albertson, 55 N. Y. 50 ).

Biondi v. Beekman Hill House Apartment Corp.

94 N.Y.2d 659 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 11, 2000

Co. v Village of Hempstead, 48 NY2d 218, 228 ). … Co. v Goldfarb, 53 NY2d 392, 400 , quoting Messersmith v American Fid. Co., 232 NY 161, 165 ).

Matter of Lindgren

232 N.Y. 59 · New York Court of Appeals · Oct 28, 1921

of the city of New York and the other for president of the board of aldermen. … Sherwood v. Board of Canvassers ( 129 N.

Van Blerkom v. Donovan

15 N.Y.2d 399 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 22, 1965

S. 881 ) and Matter of Vetere v. Allen (21 A D 2d 561, affd. 15 N Y 2d 259). … We agree with the courts below that here, as in Matter of Balaban v. Rubin (14 N Y 2d 193, supra) and Matter of Vetere v.

E. Meadow Cmty. Concerts Ass'n v. Bd. of Educ. of Union Free Sch. Dist. No. 3, County of Nassau

19 N.Y.2d 605 · New York Court of Appeals · Jan 19, 1967

I, § 8; see, e.g., Bond v. Floyd, 385 U. S. 116, 132-135 ; Kunz v. New York, 340 U. S. 290 ; Hague v. C.I.O., 307 U. S. 496 ; Matter of Rockwell v. … Morris, 10 N Y 2d 721, affg. 12 A D 2d 272) and, .since there is here no showing that Seeger’s expression of his views would “ immediately and irreparably create injury to the public weal ” (Matter of Rockwell v.

Matter of Murray v. Teachers' Retirement Bd.

258 N.Y. 389 · New York Court of Appeals · Feb 9, 1932

The petitioner’s application for retirement became effective without any action of the defendant Board, if in fact she was entitled to prior service as certified by that Board. (Matter of Creveling v. … (Matter of Langdon v. Teachers’ Retirement Board, 252 N. Y. 508 .) So, too, if the decision is the result of fraud or collusion. (Osterhoudt v. Rigney, 98 N. Y. 222 .)

Matter of Coulter (Croft)

285 N.Y. 206 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 13, 1941

(Lane v. Johnson, 283 N. Y. 244 .) … We did point out in Lane v.

Junius Construction Corp. v. Cohen

257 N.Y. 393 · New York Court of Appeals · Nov 17, 1931

Co. v. Priest, 206 N. Y. 274 ; Edwards v. Bruorton, 184 Mass. 529 , and on the other hand, Matter of City of New York, 196 N. Y. 255 ; Matter of Wulfsohn v. Burden, 241 N. Y. 288 ; Village of Euclid v. … S.] 557; Gotthelf v. Stranahan, 138 N. Y. 345, 352 ; Stokes v. Stokes, 155 N. Y. 581, 590 ).

Jerrell v. Ibsen

91 N.Y.2d 829 · New York Court of Appeals · Nov 20, 1997

Bell v. Dagg

15 N.Y. 528 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 27, 1875

(Whitney v. National Bank of Potsdam, 45 N. Y., 305 .) … (Tanner v. Smart, 6 Barn. & Cress., 603, 609.)

Hood v. Webster

271 N.Y. 57 · New York Court of Appeals · Apr 21, 1936

(Westbrook v. Gleason, 79 N. Y. 23 ; Ten Eyck v. Witbeck, 135 N. Y. 40 ; Lehrenkrauss v. Bonnell, 199 N. Y. 240, 243 .) Brown v. Volkening ( 64 N. Y. 76 ) and Constant v. University of Rochester ( 111 N. Y. 604 ; 133 N. … (Wood v. Chapin, 13 N. Y. 509, 518 ; Page v. Waring, 76 N. Y. 463, 469 ; Lacustrine Fertilizer Co. v. Lake Guano & Fertilizer Co., 82 N. Y. 476, 483 ; Ward v. Isbill, 73 Hun, 550 .) We have a different case here.

Fallica v. Town of Brookhaven

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

Matter of Aj Clarke Mgmt. Corp. v. Conciliation & Appeals Bd. of the City of New York

58 N.Y.2d 1108 · New York Court of Appeals · Mar 31, 1983

Dalton v. Educational Testing Service

87 N.Y.2d 384 · New York Court of Appeals · Dec 7, 1995

This is so notwithstanding inconsistent testimony by Board members that the Board did review Dalton’s information but found it unpersuasive. … In an analogous context, we have refused to compel a university to issue a degree to a student who had not fulfilled the academic requirements (see, Matter of Olsson v Board of Higher Educ., 49 NY2d 408 ).