Surlak v. Surlak

Decided September 12, 1983. David T. Gibbons wrote the opinion for the court.

95 A.D.2d 371 · Cited 86 times

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• Christian v. Christian · 42 N.Y.2d 63
• Pace v. Perk · 81 A.D.2d 444
• Da Silva v. Musso · 53 N.Y.2d 543
• In re the Estate of Rothko · 43 N.Y.2d 305
• Levine v. Levine · 56 N.Y.2d 42
• Grimes v. Sanders · 93 U.S. 55
• George Backer Management Corp. v. Acme Quilting Co. · 46 N.Y.2d 211
• Greene v. Greene · 56 N.Y.2d 86
• Schenck v. . State Line Telephone Co. · 144 N.E. 592
• Gaines v. Jacobsen · 308 N.Y. 218
• Susquehanna Steamship Co. v. A. O. Andersen & Co. · 146 N.E. 381
• Abbate v. Abbate · 82 A.D.2d 368
• In Re the Estate of Wilson · 50 N.Y.2d 59
• Leffler v. Leffler · 50 A.D.2d 93
• Isaacs v. Schmuck · 156 N.E. 621
• Brauer v. Central Trust Co. · 77 A.D.2d 239
• Ross v. Food Specialties, Inc. · 6 N.Y.2d 336
• Johns-Manville Sales Corp. v. Stone · 5 A.D.2d 110

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