Legal Opinion · Dissent
Malankara Archdiocese of Syrian Orthodox Church in North America v. Thomas
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 24, 2006Published
1DissentSpolzino, J.
upon reargument, to grant the motion for summary judgment and to vacate the order dated October 4, 2004, to deny, as academic, that branch of the nonparties’ motion which was, in effect, for leave to intervene, to modify the order dated April 5, 2005, accordingly, and to award summary judgment to the defendants dismissing the complaint, upon searching the record, with the following memorandum). I agree with my colleagues in the majority that the rule of decision with respect to this appeal is provided by First Presbyt. Church of Schenectady v United Presbyt. Church in US. of Am. (62 NY2d 110…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Presbyterian Church in US v. Mary Elizabeth Blue Hull Memorial Presbyterian ChurchSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- First Presbyterian Church v. United Presbyterian Church in United StatesNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Kissel v. Russian Orthodox Greek Catholic Holy Trinity ChurchAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Park Slope Jewish Center v. SternAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Malankara Archdiocese of Syrian Orthodox Church in North America v. Malankara Jacobite Center of North America, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005