Legal Opinion
First United Methodist Church v. City of Syracuse
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 15, 1988PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Thomas J. Murphy, J.
By this action plaintiffs and plaintiffs-intervenors, all of which are religious corporations and owners of church buildings located in the downtown area of Syracuse, are seeking to recover assessments imposed on their properties, which are included in a special assessment district of the city, and paid by them under protest. They also seek a declaration that the assessments are illegal and void.
Chapter 405 of the Laws of 1975 is the enabling act under which the ordinances imposing the special assessments were *201adopted by the Common Council in August…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grace v. New York State Tax CommissionNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Meltzer v. KoenigsbergNew York Court of Appeals · 1951
- Bender v. Jamaica HospitalNew York Court of Appeals · 1976
- Bright Homes, Inc. v. WrightNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- People Ex Rel. Mutual Trust Co. v. . MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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3Cited by2 opinions
- First United Methodist Church of Syracuse v. City of SyracuseAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- McGowan v. Capital Center, Inc.District Court, S.D. Mississippi · 1998