Legal Opinion
In re Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 21, 1995PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Stanley Parness, J.), entered September 8,1994, which denied claimant Cohen’s motion to disqualify the law firm of Tenzer, Greenblatt, Fallon and Kaplan, unanimously affirmed, without costs.
Claimant has failed to satisfy his burden of proving that the law firm of Tenzer Greenblatt and counsel Greilsheimer are both appearing for and opposing a client "on substantially related matters [in which] the client’s interests are adverse” (Solow v Grace & Co., 83 NY2d 303, 306).
The subject matter of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) condemnation…
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