People v. Mertz

Decided July 3, 1986. Solomon Wachtler wrote the opinion for the court.

68 N.Y.2d 136 · Cited 380 times

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• State v. Tanner · 15 Ohio St. 3d 1
• Fuenning v. Superior Court · 138 Ariz. 590
• State v. Ulrich · 478 N.E.2d 812
• Burg v. Municipal Court · 673 P.2d 732
• State v. Franco · 639 P.2d 1320
• Lovell v. State · 678 S.W.2d 318
• Coxe v. State · 281 A.2d 606
• Long v. State · 680 S.W.2d 686
• Erickson v. Municipality of Anchorage · 662 P.2d 963
• State v. Sutliff · 547 P.2d 1128
• George Foltis, Inc. v. City of New York · 38 N.E.2d 455
• Commissioner of Social Services v. Philip De G. · 59 N.Y.2d 137
• People v. Gower · 42 N.Y.2d 117
• People v. Donaldson · 36 A.D.2d 37
• State v. Gallant · 108 N.H. 72
• State v. Dumont · 499 A.2d 787
• Liberto v. Worcester Mutual Insurance · 87 A.D.2d 477
• People v. Guilford · 20 A.D.2d 192

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