Legal Opinion

Clarke v. American Press Ass'n

New York Supreme Court

Decided February 19, 1932PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtDore, J.

Motion by the answering defendants to dismiss the complaint for insufficiency. This motion is made after the service of the answer and will be treated as a motion for judgment on the pleadings under rule 112 of the Rules of Civil Practice. Assuming that the facts alleged in the complaint are true, the plaintiff as a matter of law is not entitled to any declaratory' judgment as prayed for, nor to any relief, either at equity or in law, against the answering defendants. This is an action brought by plaintiff as .a dissenting stockholder. He asks for: (1) A declaratory judgment that certain acts…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Lord v. Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1909
  2. Ford v. . ClendeninNew York Court of Appeals · 1915
  3. Hollender v. Rochester Food Products Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1926

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Brill v. WagnerNew York Supreme Court · 1957
  2. Pecora v. Queens County Bar Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1965
  3. Crohn v. Firemen's Benevolent Fund Ass'nNew York Supreme Court · 1973
  4. Alpren v. Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc.New York Supreme Court · 1938
  5. John B. Waldbillig, Inc. v. GottfriedNew York Supreme Court · 1964

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