Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc.

Decided September 15, 1987. Stewart Freeborn Hancock Jr. wrote the opinion for the court.

70 N.Y.2d 244 · Cited 157 times

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• Weinberger v. UOP, Inc. · 457 A.2d 701
• Green v. Sante Fe Industries, Inc. · 576 F. Supp. 269
• Watts v. Swiss Bank Corp. · 27 N.Y.2d 270
• Singer v. Magnavox Co. · 380 A.2d 969
• Bell v. Kirby Lumber Corp. · 413 A.2d 137
• Stauffer v. Standard Brands Incorporated · 187 A.2d 78
• Israel v. Wood Dolson Co. · 1 N.Y.2d 116
• CPC International Inc. v. McKesson · 70 N.Y.2d 268
• Rabkin v. Philip A. Hunt Chemical Corp. · 498 A.2d 1099
• In re the Accounting of Raftery · 309 N.Y. 605
• Hinchey v. Sellers · 7 N.Y.2d 287
• Tanzer v. International General Industries, Inc. · 379 A.2d 1121
• Roland International Corp. v. Najjar · 407 A.2d 1032
• Commissioners of State Insurance Fund v. Low · 3 N.Y.2d 590
• Parkoff v. General Telephone & Electronics Corp. · 53 N.Y.2d 412
• Fadden v. Cambridge Mutual Fire Insurance · 27 A.D.2d 487
• Baldwin v. Brooks · 83 A.D.2d 85
• Green v. Santa Fe Industries, Inc. · 391 F. Supp. 849

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