Legal Opinion
Pagano v. Cohen
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided November 23, 2001PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
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Memorandum.
In this nonprimary residence holdover proceeding, the Housing Court correctly concluded that the pendency of a prior illegal sublet proceeding did not bar the maintenance of this proceeding. The doctrine of prior proceeding pending applies when the two proceedings are based on the same actionable wrong (CPLR 3211 [a] [4]; see, Trump Empire State Partners v Empire State Bldg. Assocs., 245 AD2d 188; Parker v Rich, 140 AD2d 177; Cardinal Sales v Great Atl. & Pac. Tea Co., 89 AD2d 596). Inasmuch as landlord’s two proceedings are not based on the same actionable…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Jones Lang Wootton USA v. LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRaeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Parker v. RichAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Pamela Equities Corp. v. CampCivil Court of the City of New York · 1985
- Cardinal Sales, Inc. v. Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Trump Empire State Partners v. Empire State Building AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
3Cited by1 opinion
- McFadden v. SassowerAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 2010