ROPICO, INC. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Nos. 75 Civ. 6168, 75 Civ. 6246.

415 F.Supp. 577 (1976)

ROPICO, INC., Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Defendants. Alfred AVINS, Plaintiff, v. The CITY OF NEW YORK and Harrison J. Goldin, Defendants.

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

May 17, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred Avins pro se.

Macolm A. MacIntyre, Godfrey P. Schmidt, New York City, for Ropico, Inc.

W. Bernard Richland, Corp. Counsel, New York City, for defendants City of New York and Goldin; James G. Greilsheimer, New York City, of counsel.

Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, for defendant Municipal Assistance Corp. for the City of New York; Robert L. Laufer, Howard S. Veisz, New York City, of counsel.


GAGLIARDI, District Judge.

These two actions challenge the constitutionality of the New York State Emergency Moratorium Act for the City of New York, 1975 McKinney Session Laws, Chapter 874 (the "Act") which was enacted November 14, 1975 at an Extraordinary Session of the New York State Legislature convened specially to deal with the impending default of New York City on full faith and credit obligations falling due in December of 1975.1

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