De Long v. County of Erie

Decided November 1, 1983. Solomon Wachtler wrote the opinion for the court.

60 N.Y.2d 296 · Cited 466 times

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• Garrett v. Holiday Inns, Inc. · 58 N.Y.2d 253
• Steitz v. City of Beacon · 64 N.E.2d 704
• Selkowitz v. County of Nassau · 45 N.Y.2d 97
• Zaninovich v. American Airlines, Inc. · 26 A.D.2d 155
• People v. Allweiss · 48 N.Y.2d 40
• H. R. Moch Co. v. Rensselaer Water Co. · 159 N.E. 896
• Noseworthy v. City of New York · 80 N.E.2d 744
• Schuster v. City of New York · 5 N.Y.2d 75
• Riss v. City of New York · 22 N.Y.2d 579
• Weiner v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority · 55 N.Y.2d 175
• Motyka v. City of Amsterdam · 15 N.Y.2d 134
• O'Connor v. City of New York · 58 N.Y.2d 184

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