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Court of Appeals of New York - December 2008 Opinion Summaries

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People v. Diggins

Court of Appeals of New York
Criminal Law & Procedure
Persistent violent felony offender was properly denied an adjournment to gather further evidence in support of his allegation that one of his...
12/16/2008 214

People v. Buss

Court of Appeals of New York
Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
For purposes of the Sex Offender Registration Act, a prisoner serving multiple sentences is subject to all the sentences, whether concurrent or...
12/16/2008 211

Adamo v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp.

Court of Appeals of New York
Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability
In arguing that cigarette companies negligently designed their products by failing to use lower levels of tar and nicotine, Appellants fail to prove...
12/16/2008 205

Matter of P'ship 92 LP v. State of New York Div. of Hous. & Cmty. Renewal

Court of Appeals of New York
Administrative Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
Order of appellate division is affirmed where: 1) by its terms, the Rent Regulation Reform Act of 1997 applied to any proceeding that was pending...
12/02/2008 221 SSM 38

Lawrence v. Graubard Miller

Court of Appeals of New York
Attorney's Fees, Contracts, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Injury & Tort Law
In a suit arising from legal proceedings surrounding the administration of an estate, denial of a motion to dismiss a law firm's petition seeking to...
12/02/2008 76

People v. Giles

Court of Appeals of New York
Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Conviction for burglary and possession of stolen property is affirmed in part and reversed in part where evidence of defendant's commission of prior...
12/02/2008 181

Matter of Rivera v. Firetog

Court of Appeals of New York
Criminal Law & Procedure
In a CPLR article 78 proceeding seeking to bar a retrial for murder on double jeopardy grounds, petition is dismissed where the trial court...
12/02/2008 178

Kopsachilis v. 130 East 18 Owners Corp.

Court of Appeals of New York
Injury & Tort Law, Landlord Tenant Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a negligence action alleging that the owners of an apartment building failed to light a stairwell during a blackout, denial of defendants' motion...
12/02/2008 177

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