State Supreme Court / N.Y.

Greenfield v. Philles Records, Inc.

Decided October 17, 2002. Victoria A. Graffeo wrote the opinion for the court.

780 N.E.2d 166 · Cited 1,150 times

Official text

We don’t host opinion text or publish a summary of this ruling — read the official public-domain text for the court’s holding and reasoning, and verify against the primary source.

Precedents cited

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.

W.W.W. Associates, Inc. v. Giancontieri · 77 N.Y.2d 157
Pushman v. New York Graphic Society, Inc. · 39 N.E.2d 249
Pacific Gas & Electric Co. v. G. W. Thomas Drayage & Rigging Co. · 69 Cal. 2d 33
Breed v. Insurance Co. of North America · 46 N.Y.2d 351
First National Stores, Inc. v. Yellowstone Shopping Center, Inc. · 21 N.Y.2d 630
Kass v. Kass · 696 N.E.2d 174
Teichman v. Community Hospital of Western Suffolk · 663 N.E.2d 628
Reiss v. Financial Performance Corp. · 764 N.E.2d 958
R/S Associates v. New York Job Development Authority · 771 N.E.2d 240
Benedict v. . Cowden · 49 N.Y. 396
Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc. · 123 F. Supp. 2d 198
Hellman v. Samuel Goldwyn Productions · 26 N.Y.2d 175

Cited by

Later opinions in our collection that cite this decision.

Imation Corp. v. Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. · 630 F. Supp. 2d 1044
Bank of New York Ex Rel. NextCard Credit Card Master Note Trust v. First Millennium, Inc. · 598 F. Supp. 2d 550
Citibank, N.A. v. Morgan Stanley & Co. International · 724 F. Supp. 2d 398
Bank of New York v. Yugoimport SDPR J.P. · 780 F. Supp. 2d 344
Maxim Group LLC v. Life Partners Holdings, Inc. · 690 F. Supp. 2d 293
Even Street Productions, Ltd. v. Shkat Arrow Hafer & Weber, LLP · 643 F. Supp. 2d 317
Natexis, LLC v. New Eagle Holdings, LLC · 645 F. Supp. 2d 242
In Re Viking Pump, Inc. and Warren Pumps, LLC Insurance Appeals · 148 A.3d 633
GMAM Investment Funds Trust I v. Globo Comunicacoes E Participacoes S.A. (In Re Globo Comunicacoes E Participacoes S.A.) · 317 B.R. 235
Boulet v. Bangor Securities Inc. · 324 F. Supp. 2d 120
American Lease Insurance Agency v. Balboa Capital Corp. · 579 F.3d 34
Champlain Enterprises, Inc. v. Chubb Custom Insurance · 316 F. Supp. 2d 123
Mears Transportation Group, Inc. v. Zurich American Insurance · 660 F. Supp. 2d 1297
Jobim v. Songs of Universal, Inc. · 732 F. Supp. 2d 407
General Retirement System of Detroit v. Ubs, Ag · 799 F. Supp. 2d 749
Filho v. Safra Nat. Bank of New York · 797 F. Supp. 2d 289
B.D. v. E.D. · 2023 NY Slip Op 03971
White v. Continental Casualty Co. · 878 N.E.2d 1019
St. John's University, New York v. Bolton · 757 F. Supp. 2d 144
Woodard v. New York Health and Hospitals Corp. · 554 F. Supp. 2d 329
Learning Annex Holdings, LLC v. Whitney Education Group, Inc. · 765 F. Supp. 2d 403
Hard Rock Cafe International, (USA), Inc. v. Hard Rock Hotel Holdings, LLC · 808 F. Supp. 2d 552
Black Diamond Development, Inc. v. Thompson · 979 So. 2d 47
Intelsat USA Sales Corp. v. Juch-Tech, Inc. · 24 F. Supp. 3d 32
CIT Group/Commercial Services, Inc. v. Prisco · 640 F. Supp. 2d 401

Explore from here

Victoria A. Graffeo’s Judicial Record · N.Y. · How we source opinions

Source: opinion metadata, authorship, and citation counts from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data (public domain). Data last verified 2026-07-09. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).