Legal Opinion
Ross v. Amrep Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 19, 1977PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSilverman, J.
Defendants appeal from an order made pursuant to CPLR article 9 allowing the action to be maintained as a class action. In our view, the present complaint does not present a proper case for class action status, and therefore the order should be reversed.
Plaintiffs are purchasers of a lot in a real estate development known as Rio Rancho Estates outside Albuquerque, New Mexico. Some 14,000 lots have been sold. Some of these lots have been improved with houses and utilities and are occupied by the owners. Many are unimproved, undeveloped land. The sales have been made to residents of 22 States…
2Cited by17 opinions
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