Legal Opinion
Golfinos v. 400 Cooperative Corp.
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided April 11, 1985PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Plaintiff, a tenant in the building owned and operated by defendants, sues to compel the sale to him of the cooperative shares for his apartment. The plan for conversion of the 104-apartment building was offered to all tenants in July of 1981. A physician, plaintiff had for many years maintained his medical office in the apartment, and an issue in this lawsuit is whether his use of the apartment has been exclusively professional, or whether he has also maintained the apartment as his residence. He was rejected as an insider-purchaser upon the basis that he was solely a commercial tenant.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Sillman v. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1957
- S. J. Capelin Associates, Inc. v. Globe Manufacturing Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1974
- Zeitlin v. New York City Conciliation & Appeals BoardNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Marshall, Bratter, Greene, Allison & Tucker v. MechnerAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976
3Cited by5 opinions
- Board of Managers of the First Avenue Condominium v. ShandelCivil Court of the City of New York · 1989
- Kace Realty Co. v. New York State Division of Housing & Community RenewalNew York Supreme Court · 1988
- Marbru Associates v. KaplanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Gluck v. Jackson Management Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Morillo v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992