EASLEY v. NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTH.


1 N.Y.2d 374 (1956)

Levi Easley, Jr., Appellant, v. New York State Thruway Authority, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided June 7, 1956.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. De Graff, William F. Conway and Carroll J. Mealey for appellant.

Jacob K. Javits, Attorney-General (James O. Moore, Jr., and Douglas L. Manley of counsel), for respondent.

CONWAY, Ch. J., DYE and FULD, JJ., concur with DESMOND, J.; VAN VOORHIS, J., dissents in an opinion in which BURKE, J., concurs; FROESSEL, J., taking no part.


DESMOND, J.

The question is as to the validity of section 361-b of the Public Authorities Law, enacted in 1954, which confers exclusive jurisdiction upon the Court of Claims to hear and determine all claims against the New York State Thruway Authority for alleged torts or breaches of contract. The Thruway Authority is "a body corporate and politic constituting a public corporation" (Public Authorities Law, §...

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