Legal Opinion
Weiner v. Tel Aviv Car & Limousine Service, Ltd.
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided October 12, 1988PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Friedman, J.
New York has "one of the most efficient and effective small claims court systems in the nation” (US Chamber of Commerce, Model Consumer Justice Act, Proposed Model Small Claims Act for State Legislatures, at 45 [1976]). It is a system noted for its ability to provide, at little cost to the litigant, speedy justice for the citizen who asserts a legal wrong. Complicated procedures are avoided; lawyers for claimants are generally unnecessary. "In petty causes there ought to be no expensive advocacy” (Pound, The Administration of Justice in the Modern…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Guggenheimer v. GinzburgNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Rovello v. Orofino Realty Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1976
- ATI, Inc. v. Ruder & Finn, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Buonomo v. StalkerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Levins v. BucholtzAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1955
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3Cited by11 opinions
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- Friedman v. Seward Park Housing Corp.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1995
- Davis v. City of New YorkCivil Court of the City of New York · 1990
- A & J Enterprise Solutions, Inc. v. Business Applications Outsourcing Technologies, Inc.New York District Court · 2005
- Gellerman v. OleetYonkers City Court · 1995
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