Benson Realty Corp. v. Walsh

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County, entered October 18, 1973, adjudging respondents, city officials, (appellants in this court) guilty of contempt, is unanimously reversed and vacated on the law and the facts, without costs and without disbursements, and the motion to punish for contempt is denied. Cross-appeal by petitioners from said judgment to the extent of claimed inadequacy of the fine is unanimously dismissed, without costs and without disbursements, as moot in view of the foregoing determination. Appellants, city officials administering the city’s rent control laws, have been…