Legal Opinion
Adler v. Deegan
New York Court of Appeals
Decided August 8, 1929PublishedCited by 179 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCrane, J.
The Multiple Dwelling Law, entitled “ An Act in relation to multiple dwellings, constituting chapter sixty-one-a of the consolidated laws ” (L. 1929, ch. 713), supersedes the Tenement House Law (L. 1901, ch. 334, as amended), as applicable to the city of New York, and changes its provisions. It was passed in the manner in which other State legislation is adopted, that is, by a majority vote, and not as an emergency measure, by the concurrent vote of two-thirds of the members of each house of the Legislature.
The act has been challenged as unconstitutional, in that it violates the Home Rule…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gilchrist v. Interborough Rapid Transit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Matter of McAneny v. . Bd. of Estimate, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1922
- People Ex Rel. Einsfeld v. . MurrayNew York Court of Appeals · 1896
- Admiral Realty Co. v. . City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1912
- Browne v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1925
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3Cited by179 opinions
- Hotel Dorset Co. v. Trust for Cultural ResourcesNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
- Matter of N.Y. City H. Authority v. MullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
- Wambat Realty Corp. v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
- Kamhi v. Town of YorktownNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Robin v. Incorporated Village of HempsteadNew York Court of Appeals · 1972
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