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CORNING v. LAUREL HOLLOW

48 N.Y.2d 348 (1979)

Howard Corning, Jr., et al., Appellants, v. Village of Laurel Hollow, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Reargued November 12, 1979.

Decided November 21, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerard A. Dupuis and Christopher G. FitzPatrick for appellants.

Thomas A. Shaw, Jr., and Robert R. Elliott, III, for respondent.

Judges GABRIELLI, FUCHSBERG and GREENBLOTT concur with Chief Judge COOKE; Judge MEYER dissents in part and votes to modify in a separate opinion in which Judges JASEN and JONES concur.

Chief Judge COOKE.

The question here is whether certain former high-ranking officials of the Village of Laurel Hollow are entitled to reimbursement from the village of their costs, disbursements and legal fees incurred in asserting a successful defense to a civil rights action brought against them as a result of acts performed in their official capacities. Reversing Special Term, the Appellate Division held that...

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