Legal Opinion
Westbury Wholesale Produce Co. v. Maine Maid Inn, L. L. C.
Nassau County District Court
Decided December 18, 2000PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kenneth L. Gartner, J.
The instant motion is brought by the defendant to consolidate four separate commercial claims actions, and then to dismiss them as in excess of the commercial claims jurisdic*912tional ceiling. This motion requires this court to address a novel constitutional issue.
The defendant’s motion raises the issue of whether the monetary jurisdictional limit for small and commercial claims is applicable to the total sought in a plaintiffs complaint, or whether it is applicable only to individual causes of action. Mandel v Kent (70 AD2d 903 [2d Dept 1979]) addressed…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Peterson v. IBJ Schroder Bank & Trust Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- Baron v. Bobroy, Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1960
- Board of Managers of the Mews at North Hills Condominium v. FarajzadehNassau County District Court · 2000
- Jordan v. RavitzAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1959
- Mandel v. KentAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Rielly v. NaftalAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- A & J Enterprise Solutions, Inc. v. Business Applications Outsourcing Technologies, Inc.New York District Court · 2005
- Moore v. PecoraNassau County District Court · 2002
- Utica Mutual Insurance v. LyntonNassau County District Court · 2011
- Delson Communications v. MTI/Image Group, Inc.Civil Court of the City of New York · 2005
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