Mercury Machine Importing Corp. v. City of New York

Decided July 3, 1957. John Van Voorhis wrote the opinion for the court.

3 N.Y.2d 418 · Cited 62 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.

• Adrico Realty Corp. v. City of New York · 164 N.E. 732
• United Piece Dye Works v. Joseph · 282 A.D. 60
• Southern Service Co. v. County of Los Angeles · 15 Cal. 2d 1
• Peyser v. Mayor of New York · 70 N.Y. 497
• People Ex Rel. Wessell, Nickel & Gross v. Craig · 140 N.E. 209
• Pitt v. Town of Stamford · 167 A. 919
• Matter of Village of Delhi · 94 N.E. 874
• Wingerter v. City & County of San Francisco · 66 P. 730

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