Legal Opinion
MATTER OF DE GRAFF, FOY, CONWAY & HOLT-HARRIS v. McKesson & Robbins, Inc.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 6, 1972Published
1Opinion of the Court
31 N.Y.2d 862 (1972)
In the Matter of De Graff, Foy, Conway & Holt-Harris, Respondent,
v.
McKesson & Robbins, Inc., Appellant.
Court of Appeals of the State of New York.
Argued October 6, 1972.
Decided December 6, 1972.
David L. Landy for appellant.
William F. Conway for respondent.
Chief Judge FULD and Judges BURKE, SCILEPPI, and GIBSON concur in Per Curiam opinion; Judge BREITEL dissents and votes to reverse in a separate opinion in which Judge JASEN concurs; Judge BERGAN taking no part.
2Per curiam
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3Cases cited31 opinions
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- Walls v. . BaileyNew York Court of Appeals · 1872
- Jules E. Angoff v. Bernard Goldfine, Harold Brown v. Bernard GoldfineCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
- Hopper v. . SageNew York Court of Appeals · 1889
- People Ex Rel. Parklin Operating Corp. v. MillerNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
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