Legal Opinion
VNO 100 West 33rd Street LLC v. Square One of Manhattan, Inc.
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided October 7, 2008PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Arthur F. Engoron, J.
Capitalism is in chaos. Six months ago investment bank Bear Stearns collapsed. One month ago giant home mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were placed under federal conservatorship. In the last several weeks, probably the most tumultuous time in Wall Street’s history, the venerable Lehman Brothers investment bank declared bankruptcy (the largest bankruptcy by far in American history); the federal government took over 80% of insurance behemoth American International Group; Merrill Lynch agreed to be bought by a large bank; the government…
2Cases cited3 opinions
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- DuVal Wiedmann, LLC v. InfoRocket. Com, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2010