MTR. OF OPUSUNJU v. GIULIANI


175 Misc.2d 541 (1997)

669 N.Y.S.2d 156

In the Matter of Silva Opusunju et al., Petitioners, and Federal Republic of Nigeria, Intervenor-Petitioner, v. Rudolph W. Giuliani, as Mayor of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Supreme Court, New York County.

December 19, 1997


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hal Ian Wolsky, Garden City, for petitioners and intervenor-petitioner. Jeffrey D. Friedlander, Acting Corporation Counsel of New York City (Michael H. Williams of counsel), for respondents.


WILLIAM LEIBOVITZ, J.

In this proceeding brought under CPLR article 78 and for a declaratory judgment, petitioners claim that New York City should be enjoined from naming a City street corner in a manner that would politically offend and embarrass them, injure their property rights, and unconstitutionally interfere with the exclusive Federal power of the United States to conduct its foreign affairs. The government...

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