Legal Opinion
Tuck v. Heckscher
New York Court of Appeals
Decided November 18, 1971PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Fuld.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art seeks to build a privately financed addition to its present structure, to be known as the Robert Lehman Wing. We are called upon to decide whether its construction requires the authorization of New York City’s Board of Estimate.
By legislation, enacted in 1876 (L. 1876, ch. 139), the Department of Public Parks of the City of New York was “ authorized and directed ” to enter into a lease with the Metropolitan Museum of Art under which the museum would occupy “ buildings erected or to be erected on that portion of the Central park, in the city of…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- 795 Fifth Avenue Corp. v. City of New YorkNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- Tuck v. HeckscherNew York Supreme Court · 1971
3Cited by3 opinions
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