Thomas v. New York City

Decided February 5, 1993. Charles Proctor Sifton wrote the opinion for the court.

814 F. Supp. 1139 · Cited 60 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.

• Ryan v. New York Telephone Co. · 62 N.Y.2d 494
• Neustein v. Orbach · 732 F. Supp. 333
• Conley v. Gibson · 355 U.S. 41
• Foman v. Davis · 371 U.S. 178
• Scheuer v. Rhodes · 416 U.S. 232
• Owens v. Okure · 488 U.S. 235
• In Re Burrus · 136 U.S. 586
• Gramatan Home Investors Corp. v. Lopez · 46 N.Y.2d 481
• Reilly v. Reid · 45 N.Y.2d 24
• Smith v. Russell Sage College · 54 N.Y.2d 185
• Borgia v. City of New York · 12 N.Y.2d 151
• Boland v. State of New York · 30 N.Y.2d 337
• Clough v. Board of Education · 56 A.D.2d 233
• Finkelstein v. City of New York · 543 F. Supp. 161
• Pitt v. City of New York · 567 F. Supp. 417
• McCullough Ex Rel. Jordan v. McCullough · 760 F. Supp. 613
• Smith v. Ambrogio · 456 F. Supp. 1130
• Anderson v. City of New York · 657 F. Supp. 1571
• McArthur v. Bell · 788 F. Supp. 706
• Curran v. City of Boston · 777 F. Supp. 116
• Donkor v. City of New York Human Resources Administration Special Services for Children · 673 F. Supp. 1221
• Camarano v. City of New York · 624 F. Supp. 1144
• Thorn v. New York City Department of Social Services · 523 F. Supp. 1193
• Obeda v. Connecticut Board of Registration for Professional Engineers & Land Surveyors · 570 F. Supp. 1007
• Andujar v. City of Boston · 760 F. Supp. 238

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