Legal Opinion

Landau v. Percacciolo

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 3, 1980PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Jones, J.

One who contracts with a municipality knowing that an employee of the governmental unit has an interest in the contract and that the employee has not disclosed that interest as required by section 803 of the General Municipal Law may not enforce performance of the agreement over the objection of the municipality.

Plaintiffs seek specific performance by the County of Putnam of a contract for the purchase by it from them of a 50-acre area of land to be used for garbage disposal and a solid waste recycling plant. The contract was executed on March 25, 1975 pursuant to…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. United States v. Mississippi Valley Generating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
  2. Manhattan Life Insurance v. Forty-Second Street & Grand Street Ferry RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1893

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. GB Marketing USA Inc. v. Gerolsteiner Brunnen GmbH & Co.District Court, W.D. New York · 1991
  2. Shapiro v. AlexandersonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
  3. Shapiro v. AlexandersonDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
  4. In Re Ivan F. Boesky Securities LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
  5. Stettine v. County of SuffolkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984

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