Legal Opinion
444 W. 54th Street Tenants Assocs. v. Costello
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided December 8, 1987PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*6OPINION OF THE COURT
Jay Stuart Dankberg, J.
Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu in the sixth century B. C. stated that "when armies are mobilized and issues joined, the man who is sorry over the fact will win” (The Way of Lao Tzu, translated by Wing-Tsit Chan).
While the Army mobilization he discussed is obviously different from the voluntary peacetime atomic-powered Armed Forces with which our country defends itself, the issues in this lawsuit have been created due to the continuing military service of respondent Costello (i.e., her being "mobilized” into the Army) and her failure to interpose an…
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