1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. N.Y.2d
  4. 11 N.Y.2d
  5. 11 N.Y.2d 210 (1962)
 

CANNATA v. CITY OF NEW YORK

11 N.Y.2d 210 (1962)

George Cannata et al., Appellants, v. City of New York, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 26, 1962.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raphael H. Weissman for appellants.

Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Counsel (Pauline K. Berger of counsel), for respondent.

Judges DYE, FULD, FROESSEL, BURKE and FOSTER concur with Chief Judge DESMOND; Judge VAN VOORHIS dissents in a separate opinion.

Chief Judge DESMOND.

Sixty-eight home owners in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn bring this suit for a declaratory judgment that section 72-n of the General Municipal Law is unconstitutional on its face and as applied to the proposed redevelopment of the area in which these people live. Since April, 1961 this statute, or one like it, has become part of article 15 of...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases