State Supreme Court / N.Y.

Godfrey v. Spano

Decided November 19, 2009. Eugene F. Pigott Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

13 N.Y.3d 358 · Cited 410 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.

In Re the Estate of May · 305 N.Y. 486
Claim of Mott v. Duncan Petroleum Trans. · 51 N.Y.2d 289
Gotlib v. Ratsutsky · 83 N.Y.2d 696
Lewis v. New York State Department · 60 A.D.3d 216
Intercontinental Hotels Corp. v. Golden · 15 N.Y.2d 9
Saratoga County Chamber of Commerce, Inc. v. Pataki · 798 N.E.2d 1047
Braschi v. Stahl Associates Co. · 74 N.Y.2d 201
Kaskel v. Impellitteri · 306 N.Y. 73
Matter of Jacob · 660 N.E.2d 397
Lawrence v. Miller · 11 N.Y.3d 588
Kerrigan v. Commissioner of Public Health · 957 A.2d 407
Levin v. Yeshiva University · 754 N.E.2d 1099
Shea v. Shea · 268 A.D. 677

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