Legal Opinion
Crane Neck Ass'n v. New York City/Long Island County Services Group
New York Court of Appeals
Decided February 23, 1984PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Kaye, J.
Beginning in 1945, as the Long Island estate of Eversley Childs was divided into residential parcels, each deed within the tract (called Crane Neck Farm) included an identical covenant restricting buildings to “single family dwellings.” Respondent agencies, implementing a longstanding State policy to deinstitutionalize retarded per*157sons and place them in community settings, in 1980 leased property within Crane Neck to house and care for eight severely retarded adults. Appellants, Crane Neck property owners, contending that this use violates the restrictive covenant,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
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- Allied Structural Steel Co. v. SpannausSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- John P. v. WhalenNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
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3Cited by52 opinions
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