Legal Opinion
Town of Islip v. Powell
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 27, 1974PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLeon D. Lazer, J.
At issue on these motions by the Town of Islip (“Islip”) for a preliminary injunction and to strike defenses from the answer is the power of local government units in Nassau and ¡Suffolk Counties to zone their waterfront lands and issue permits for piers, wharves and docks. The relevant portion of the Islip zoning ordinance provides that “ underwater [land] shall be considered as being in the same district as the abutting upland ’ ’ for a distance of 100 feet unless otherwise classified (Islip Code, § 68-12). The town has instituted an action to enjoin the defendants from renting docking *1008facil…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Hilt v. WeberMichigan Supreme Court · 1930
- City of Yonkers v. Rentways, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1952
- People Ex Rel. Doscher v. . SissonNew York Court of Appeals · 1918
- City Bank Farmers Trust Co. v. Ardlea Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1935
- Taxpayers' Ass'n of South East Oceanside v. Board of Zoning Appeals of the HempsteadNew York Court of Appeals · 1950
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3Cited by22 opinions
- Allstate Insurance v. LibowAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Town of Islip v. ClarkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Poster v. StroughAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2002
- Haher's Sodus Point Bait Shop, Inc. v. WigleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Rottenberg v. EdwardsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
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