Williams v. State of New York

Decided June 2, 1955. Albert Conway wrote the opinion for the court.

308 N.Y. 548 · Cited 101 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.

• Palsgraf v. Long Island R.R. Co. · 162 N.E. 99
• Martin v. Herzog · 126 N.E. 814
• Steitz v. City of Beacon · 64 N.E.2d 704
• O'Neill v. City of Port Jervis · 171 N.E. 694
• Flaherty v. State of New York · 73 N.E.2d 543
• Excelsior Ins. Co. of N.Y. v. State of New York · 69 N.E.2d 553
• Weihs v. State · 267 A.D. 233
• Paglia v. State · 278 A.D. 281
• Paglia v. State · 303 N.Y. 821

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