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BRAD H. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

No. 126

17 N.Y.3d 180 (2011)

951 N.E.2d 743

928 N.Y.S.2d 221

2011 NY Slip Op 5543

BRAD H. et al., on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated, Appellants, v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al., Respondents.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debevoise & Plimpton LLP, New York City ( Christopher K. Tahbaz , Matthew S. Hackell , Julie M. Calderon Rizzo and Cari Almo Wint of counsel), New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, Inc. ( Roberta Mueller of counsel), and Urban Justice Center ( Jennifer J. Parish and Douglas Lasdon of counsel), for appellants.

Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel, New York City ( Drake A. Colley , Jeffrey S. Dantowitz and Edward F.X. Hart of counsel), for respondents.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK and JONES concur with Judge GRAFFEO; Judge PIGOTT dissents and votes to affirm in a separate opinion in which Judges READ and SMITH concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

GRAFFEO, J.

This case involves a dispute over the status of a negotiated settlement agreement pertaining to New York City's duty to provide mental health services to certain inmates in its jails. We are asked whether the term of the agreement expired before plaintiffs filed a motion in Supreme Court seeking to extend the City's obligations. Applying our State's traditional principles of contract interpretation, we hold that plaintiffs...

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