Legal Opinion
Ward v. Bennett
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 5, 1992PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Bellacosa, J.
The New York City Department of Buildings (DOB) denied the petitioner Wards’ application for a permit to build a single-family house in the bed of a mapped, but unopened and undeveloped, Staten Island street. After an unsuccessful appeal to the Board of Standards and Appeals (Board), the Wards brought this CPLR article 78 proceeding alleging that the Board acted arbitrarily and capriciously, and that denial of their administrative appeal deprived them of the use of their property without just compensation in violation of the Federal and State Constitutions (US…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew v. BarwickNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Kaskel v. ImpellitteriNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Honore de St. Aubin v. FlackeNew York Court of Appeals · 1986
- Petosa v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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3Cited by27 opinions
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