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PEAT MARWICK v. DEPT. OF FIN.

76 N.Y.2d 527 (1990)

In the Matter of Peat Marwick Main & Co., Formerly Known as Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co., Appellant, v. New York City Department of Finance et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 18, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy F. Hutton, Leonard D. Novello, John A. Shutkin and Myron Weinberg for appellant.

Victor A. Kovner, Corporation Counsel (Amy F. Nogid, Edith I. Spivack, Edward F. X. Hart and Stanley Buchsbaum of counsel), for respondents.

Boris Kostelanetz, Robert S. Fink and Catherine L. Redlich for New York State Society of Certified Public Accountants, amicus curiae.

Judges SIMONS, KAYE, ALEXANDER, TITONE, HANCOCK, JR., and BELLACOSA concur.

Chief Judge WACHTLER.

Petitioner Peat Marwick Main & Co. is a national accounting firm with an office in New York City. From 1974 through 1985, Peat Marwick was a party to a series of three-year agreements with the operator of Madison Square Garden entitling Peat Marwick to the use of a luxury skybox during all events held in the Garden for which tickets were sold to the public.

In 1987, respondent...

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