Legal Opinion
Swan Lake Water Corp. v. Suffolk County Water Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 1, 1967Published
1Opinion of the Court
20 N.Y.2d 81 (1967)
Swan Lake Water Corp., Respondent,
v.
Suffolk County Water Authority, Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued April 20, 1967.
Decided June 1, 1967.
Le Roy Van Nostrand, Jr. for appellant.
Melvyn Tanenbaum for respondent.
Louis J. Lefkowitz, Attorney-General (Dunton F. Tynan, Ruth Kessler Toch and Seth Towse of counsel), for Water Resources Commission of the State of New York, amicus curiæ.
Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI and BREITEL concur with Judge VAN VOORHIS; Judge BERGAN dissents and votes to reverse in an opinion in which Chief Judge FULD and Judge KEATING concur.
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2Cases cited5 opinions
- Black River Regulating District v. Adirondack League ClubNew York Court of Appeals · 1954
- Niagara Falls Power Co. v. Water Power & Control CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1935
- People v. System Properties, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1953
- Matter of City of Syracuse v. GibbsNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
- Swan Lake Water Corp. v. Suffolk County Water AuthorityNew York Court of Appeals · 1967