Legal Opinion
Saska v. Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York Supreme Court
Decided October 29, 2013PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Shirley Werner Kornreich, J.
The instant actions concern the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “pay what you wish” admissions policy. At the heart of these cases is whether this policy and the manner in which it is enforced runs afoul of General Business Law § 349, a nineteenth-century statute which provided funding to the Museum, and the lease between the Museum and the City of New York, executed in 1878. The Museum now moves to dismiss plaintiffs’ causes of action based on the statute and the lease. The Museum’s motion is granted for the reasons that follow.
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2Cases cited26 opinions
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