U.S. District Court / S.D. New York

Newton v. City of New York

Decided July 16, 2008. Shira A. Scheindlin wrote the opinion for the court.

566 F. Supp. 2d 256 · Cited 145 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.

Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. · 58 N.Y.2d 293
Colon v. City of New York · 60 N.Y.2d 78
Brown v. State of New York · 674 N.E.2d 1129
Parkin v. Cornell University, Inc. · 78 N.Y.2d 523
Ortega v. City of New York · 876 N.E.2d 1189
Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
Howell v. New York Post Co. · 81 N.Y.2d 115
D'Amico v. Christie · 71 N.Y.2d 76
Cuffy v. City of New York · 69 N.Y.2d 255
Curiano v. Suozzi · 63 N.Y.2d 113
Board of Education v. Farmingdale Classroom Teachers Ass'n · 38 N.Y.2d 397
Munoz v. City of New York · 18 N.Y.2d 6
Kenneth R. v. Roman Catholic Diocese · 229 A.D.2d 159
Veras v. Truth Verification Corp. · 87 A.D.2d 381
Perryman v. Village of Saranac Lake · 41 A.D.3d 1080
Dukes v. City of New York · 879 F. Supp. 335
Wiener v. Unumprovident Corp. · 202 F. Supp. 2d 116
Pinaud v. County of Suffolk · 798 F. Supp. 913
Walton v. Safir · 122 F. Supp. 2d 466

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Newton v. City of New York · 640 F. Supp. 2d 426
Coward v. TOWN AND VILLAGE OF HARRISON · 665 F. Supp. 2d 281
Ambrose v. City of New York · 623 F. Supp. 2d 454
In Re Dayton · 786 F. Supp. 2d 809
Bowen v. County of Westchester · 706 F. Supp. 2d 475
Hayes v. Perotta · 751 F. Supp. 2d 597
Schreiber Ex Rel. S.S. v. East Ramapo Central School District · 700 F. Supp. 2d 529
Newton v. City of New York · 738 F. Supp. 2d 397

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