Court of Appeals of New York - June 2012 Opinion Summaries

People v. Velez

Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing
In a consolidated appeal of two criminal defendants, claiming that their resentencings under Correction Law 601-d, which provides a procedure for...

Georgia Malone & Co., Inc. v. Rieder

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a real estate company's suit for breach of contract and unjust enrichment, claiming that a rival brokerage firm was unjustly enriched when it...

People v. Riley

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction of defendant for stealing copper pipes, the judgment of the Appellate Division is affirmed, as the trial court did not abuse its...

Roberts v. Paterson

Gaming Law, Government Benefits, Government Law
In a suit brought by the New York City Off-Track Betting Corp., a public benefit corporation, against the state and the governor, and the mayor and...

Baba-Ali v. New York

Criminal Law & Procedure, Ethics & Professional Responsibility, Remedies
In a plaintiff's suit against the State of New York to recover for unjust conviction and imprisonment under section 8-b of the Court of Claims Act...

In re Matter of Ronald Marchand, Jr.

Property Law & Real Estate
In a property owners' suit against a town to quiet title to a dirt road located on their property, Appellate Division's judgment is reversed, as a...

People v. Elmer

Criminal Law & Procedure
In an appeal of two criminal cases on the question of whether an appeal lies from an oral order issued by the criminal court on a pre-trial matter,...

Oddo Asset Mgmt. v. Barclays Bank PLC.

Banking Law, Contracts, Corporation & Enterprise Law
In a suit against Barclays Bank PLC and others, alleging aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty and tortious interference with contract that...

People v. Sinha

Criminal Law & Procedure
In a conviction of a teacher of several charges stemming from relationships she allegedly had with two minor students is affirmed, as the Appellate...

In the Matter of Chinese Staff & Workers' Assoc.

Administrative Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In plaintiffs' suit against the Department of City Planning (DCP), seeking to annul the negative declaration on the ground that DCP's environmental...