Mobil Oil Corp. v. Rubenfeld
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the CourtHopkins, J.
The question before us is whether a tenant under a lease of commercial property—a gasoline service station—may defeat the landlord, seeking possession of the premises at the end of the term, by asserting a retaliatory defense that the landlord failed to renew the lease because the tenant resisted the landlord’s actions in enforcing tie-in and price-fixing agreements in violation of the antitrust laws. The Civil Court held that the retaliatory defense was valid and dismissed the petition (Mobil Oil Corp. v Ruben feld, 72 Misc 2d 392); that judgment was affirmed by the Appellate Term by a…
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