State Supreme Court / N.Y.

Dorsey v. Stuyvesant Town Corp.

Decided July 19, 1949. Stanley H. Fuld wrote the opinion for the court.

87 N.E.2d 541 · Cited 95 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

Shelley v. Kraemer · 334 U.S. 1
Civil Rights Cases · 109 U.S. 3
Ex Parte Virginia · 100 U.S. 339
Matter of Murray v. Laguardia · 52 N.E.2d 884
Smith v. Allwright · 321 U.S. 649
Hudson County Water Co. v. McCarter · 209 U.S. 349
Nixon v. Herndon · 273 U.S. 536
Madden v. Queens County Jockey Club, Inc. · 72 N.E.2d 697
Lawrence v. Hancock · 76 F. Supp. 1004
Kern v. City Commissioners · 151 Kan. 565

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