Legal Opinion
Beloff v. Consolidated Edison Co. of N.Y.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 19, 1949PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDesmond, J.
The complaint herein has been dismissed at Special Term, and, from the unanimous affirmance by the Appellate Division of that dismissal, plaintiff appeals here as of right, asserting the presence in the case of a substantial constitutional question. The statute attacked for unconstitutionality is section 85, subdivisions 1, 5 and 7, of the Stock Corporation Law, which, as amended in 1936 (ch. 778) and 1937 (ch. 815) authorizes the merger of electric, gas or steam corporations, if approved by the Public Service Commission, where the merging or taking corporation owns 95% or more of the stock…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- People v. . O'BrienNew York Court of Appeals · 1888
- Matter of TimmisNew York Court of Appeals · 1910
- Voeller v. Neilston Warehouse Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Wall v. Parrot Silver & Copper Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1917
- Ashley v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1894
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Leo Vine v. Beneficial Finance Company, Inc., and Charles H. Dowd, Stuart A. Wixson, George J. Springer, C. H. Donohue and Crown Finance Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1967
- Yanow v. Teal Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- Gabhart v. GabhartIndiana Supreme Court · 1977
- Roosevelt Raceway, Inc. v. MonaghanNew York Court of Appeals · 1961
- Garzo v. Maid of the Mist Steamboat Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
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