Legal Opinion
Matter of Murray v. Laguardia
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 2, 1943PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
This appeal presents for decision a challenge to the constitutionality of the Redevelopment Companies Law. (L. 1942, ch. 845, as amd. by L. 1943, ch. 234.)
That challenge is by the petitioners who resist action by the defendants in furtherance of a redevelopment project promoted by the city of New York and to be financed by funds furnished by Metropolitan Life Insurance Company as a means to effect the clearance and rehabilitation of an area found by the New York City Planning Commission to be substandard and insanitary.
The project itself calls for the acquisition and clearance of eighteen…
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3Cited by71 opinions
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