Legal Opinion
Voicestream Wireless Corp. v. Assessor of the City of Troy
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 23, 2003PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
James B. Canfield, J.
*724Petitioner Voicestream Wireless Corporation moves for summary judgment in this Real Property Tax Law article 7 proceeding.
Voicestream bears the initial burden of making a prima facie showing of entitlement to judgment as a matter of law, tendering sufficient evidence to eliminate any material issues of fact from the case (Zuckerman v City of New York, 49 NY2d 557, 562 [1980]). The sole issue before the court is whether, as a matter of law, what Voicestream describes as “communications equipment” is “real property” within the meaning of Real Property…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Zuckerman v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Winegrad v. New York University Medical CenterNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Majewski v. Broadalbin-Perth Central School DistrictNew York Court of Appeals · 1998
- Tompkins v. . HunterNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Drew v. Schenectady CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Nextel of New York, Inc. v. Assessor of Spring ValleyNew York Supreme Court · 2004
- Matter of Nextel of N.Y. v. Assessor for Vil. of Spring Val.New York Supreme Court, Rockland County · 2004
- Matter of Voicestream Wireless Corp. v. Assessor of City of TroyNew York Supreme Court, Rensselaer County · 2003