Legal Opinion
Alphonse Hotel Corp. v. Roseboom
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided September 17, 2010Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Order, dated March 19, 2010, affirmed, with $10 costs.
Although Civil Court has limited subject matter jurisdiction and narrow equitable powers (see generally Priel v Linarello, 7 Misc 3d 64 [2005]; European-American Banking Corp. v Chock Full O’Nuts Corp., 109 Misc 2d 615 [1981]), trial courts have a well established, inherent authority to control the attorneys appearing before them and to compel such attorneys to act fairly towards their clients (see Leviten v Sandbank, 291 NY 352, 357 [1943]). One component of this inherent authority is the right to supervise the…
3Cases cited9 opinions
- First National Bank v. BrowerNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- MTR. OF STORTECKY v. MazzoneNew York Court of Appeals · 1995
- Klein v. EubankNew York Court of Appeals · 1996
- Leviten v. SandbankNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- In re MakamesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1933
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