KULE v. RELIANCE GROUP


49 N.Y.2d 587 (1980)

Kule Resources, Ltd., Appellant, v. Reliance Group, Incorporated, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided April 24, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon B. Lipkin for appellant.

J. Kelley Nevling, Jr., and Seth A. Davis for respondent.

Chief Judge COOKE and Judges JASEN, GABRIELLI, JONES, WACHTLER, FUCHSBERG and MEYER concur in Per Curiam opinion.


Per Curiam.

That a motion for summary judgment is made on the eve of trial is not of itself a sufficient reason for denying the motion. Special Term may properly deny such a motion when its merit is not evident and it appears to be made as a dilatory tactic.

When the reason for delay is to complete depositions (cf. CPLR 3212, subd [f]), which as the Appellate Division found was essential to the making of the...

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