United States Second Circuit

Collateral estoppel does not bar relitigation of a bankruptcy court's determination that plaintiffs had lost their right of redemption before they retained defendant attorney. Questions regarding the Onondaga County Tax Act are certified to the New York Court of Appeals: 1) when the right of redemption expires, 2) who constitutes an occupant.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2003
• Published 06/10/2003

Judges

• PER CURIAM., Before:  KEARSE and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, BERMAN, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Philip J. Kramer,Hinman, Howard & Kattell, LLP, Binghamton, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert J. Smith (Paul G. Ferrara and Edmund J. Gegan, on the brief), Costello, Cooney & Fearon, PLLC, Syracuse, NY,for Defendant-Appellee.