Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd.

Decided April 2, 1992. Bentley Kassal wrote the opinion for the court.

179 A.D.2d 29 · Cited 288 times

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• Selbst v. Touche Ross & Co. · 587 F. Supp. 1015
• Conan v. Equitable Capital Management Corp. · 774 F. Supp. 209
• Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. · 58 N.Y.2d 293
• New York City Transit Authority v. State Division of Human Rights · 78 N.Y.2d 207
• People v. Liberta · 64 N.Y.2d 152
• Batavia Lodge No. 196 v. New York State Division of Human Rights · 35 N.Y.2d 143
• Cullen v. Nassau County Civil Service Commission · 53 N.Y.2d 492
• Giuntoli v. Garvin Guybutler Corp. · 726 F. Supp. 494
• Murphy v. American Home Products Corp. · 136 A.D.2d 229
• O'BRIEN v. King World Productions, Inc. · 669 F. Supp. 639
• Koster v. Chase Manhattan Bank · 687 F. Supp. 848
• Lippa v. General Motors Corp. · 760 F. Supp. 1062

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• Father Belle Community Center v. New York State Division of Human Rights · 221 A.D.2d 44
• Thoreson v. Penthouse International, Ltd. · 80 N.Y.2d 490
• Sogg v. American Airlines Inc. · 193 A.D.2d 153
• Haynes v. Rhone-Poulenc, Inc. · 521 S.E.2d 331
• Walia v. Vivek Purmasir & Associates, Inc. · 160 F. Supp. 2d 380
• Davila v. New York Hospital · 813 F. Supp. 977

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