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Goldstein v. N.Y. State Urban Dev. Corp.

Constitutional Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In a state constitutional challenge to an eminent domain proceeding, judgment for respondent is affirmed where: 1) it was indisputable that the...

Riverside S. Planning Corp. v. CRP/Extell Riverside, L.P.

Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a breach of contract action concerning the development of a property, dismissal of the complaint is affirmed where the agreement's sunset clause...

Carol Gilbert, Inc. v. Haller

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving a default judgment arising from plaintiff's attempt to join defendant as a Doe defendant, which served a summons on defendant that...

Presta v. Tepper

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Corp. Governance, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiff's suit against his former partner's widow for her refusal to sell the trusts' interests in two partnerships to plaintiff, judgment of the...

Fidelity Nat'l Title Ins., Co. v. Schroeder

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, Government Law, Judgement Enforcement, Property Law & Real Estate
In a case involving property on which plaintiff was about to file an abstract of judgment as a lien against, and which defendant then deeded to...

Millennium Rock Mortgage, Inc. v. T.D. Serv. Co.

Civil Procedure, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Trial court's order issuing a preliminary injunction barring defendant from conducting a new foreclosure sale, due to the auctioneer's mistake which...

Wollmer v. City of Berkeley

Administrative Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In an action seeking to overturn approvals by the City of Berkeley and Berkeley City Council of use permits and zoning variances for a mixed-use...

Hargett v. Ticonderoga

Attorney's Fees, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In petitioner's appeal from an award of attorney's fees to respondent in an Eminent Domain Procedure Law (EDPL) proceeding, the order is affirmed...

Hoffman St., LLC v. City of W. Hollywood

Constitutional Law, Construction, Environmental Law, Government Law, Property Law & Real Estate
In plaintiffs-developers' suit against the city challenging its extension of an interim ordinance restricting development in areas zoned for...

Nelson v. Exxon Mobil Corp.

Civil Procedure, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Probate, Trusts & Estates, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In plaintiff-trust's suit against defendant-Exxon claiming contamination of its water supply and other allegations, judgment of the trial court is...