Court of Appeals of New York - June 2010 Opinion Summaries

People v. Perkins

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's attempted murder and robbery convictions are affirmed where: 1) the testimony of the detective in charge of the police lineup at issue...

In re: Hyde

Attorney's Fees, Civil Procedure, Probate, Trusts & Estates
In an action involving the intermediate accountings of two trusts, the appellate division's attorney fee order is modified where Surrogate's Court...

Continental Cas. Co. v. PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP

Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Securities Law
In an action by former limited partners of Lipper Convertibles, LP, asserting direct claims of fraud against PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP (PwC), the...

DDJ Mgmt., LLC v. Rhone Group L.L.C.

Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law, Securities Law
In an action claiming that defendants presented plaintiffs with corporate financial statements that were false and misleading, the appellate...

Kaur v. N.Y. State Urb. Dev. Corp.

Administrative Law, Education Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a petition for review of the Empire State Development Corporation's (ESDC) taking of plaintiffs' property by eminent domain for the purposes of...

People v. Reome

Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
Defendant's rape and conspiracy to rape convictions are affirmed where one of defendant's alleged accomplices was the only witness to identify him,...

Jones v. Town of Carroll

Construction, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking a declaration that a zoning ordinance restricting landfills could not be validly applied to plaintiffs' property because the use...

Estate of Schneider v. Finmann

Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Professional Malpractice, Tax Law
In a legal malpractice action alleging that defendants negligently advised decedent to transfer, or failed to advise decedent not to transfer, an...

People v. Superintendent of Southport Corr. Facility

Criminal Law & Procedure
In habeas petitions seeking to overturn orders finding defendants to be "sex offenders requiring civil management" and be held in custody past their...

People v. Mitchell

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In defendant's motion pursuant to Criminal Procedure Law sections 440.10 and 440.20 in Essex County Court, seeking to set aside his felony conviction...