Legal Opinion
Harris v. Economic Opportunity Commission of Nassau County Inc.
New York Supreme Court
Decided April 11, 1989PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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DiPaola, P. J.
Defendant, a charitable institution, ran a raffle in order to raise funds for the Martin Luther King Scholarship Fund. Raffle tickets were purchased by plaintiff Ray Harris on behalf of plaintiff B. W. Harris, Inc. One of the raffle tickets was the winner of the prize, an automobile, but defendant refused to award the prize, claiming that it was initially unable to locate Ray Harris and it thereafter returned the automobile to the dealer, which returned the amount paid therefor, and the funds were deposited into the scholarship fund. Plaintiffs thereafter…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Molina v. Games Management ServicesNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Grover v. . MorrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1878
- People v. BurnsNew York Court of Appeals · 1952
- Johnson v. New York Daily NewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Johnson v. New York Daily NewsNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
3Cited by3 opinions
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