Legal Opinion
Stellema v. Vantage Press, Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided August 26, 1983PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Martin Evans, J.
This is a motion to decertify an action as a class action, pursuant to CPLR 902, which permits the alteration or amendment of the order which granted certification, either on the motion of a party or on the court’s own motion.
The action was commenced in 1977. In July, 1978, an order was issued declaring its class action status. This order was, thereafter, affirmed on appeal. (66 AD2d 669.)
The complaint alleges that the defendant, a “subsidy” publisher, had, by means of false and fraudulent advertising in its brochures, induced thousands of persons to pay…
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