Legal Opinion
West 14th Street Commercial Corp. v. 5 West 14th Owners Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 18, 1987No. 27, Docket 86-7210PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARDAMONE, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to construe the Condominium and Cooperative Abuse Relief Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 3601 — 16 (1982) (Act), enacted to protect the rights of tenants whose residential apartment buildings are converted to cooperatives or condominiums. Realizing that many tenants are too unsophisticated on account of age or infirmity to evaluate properly the complex choices offered them upon conversion, Congress sought to alleviate developer abuses during the conversion process. At the same time Congress recognized that developers deserve a fair return on their…
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