Legal Opinion
Perry v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided January 26, 1987PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
—In an action to recover damages for personal injuries, etc., the defendant appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Scholnick, J.), dated August 30, 1985, which denied its motion to dismiss the complaint and ordered it to withdraw its jurisdictional defense that it is not the properly named defendant.
Ordered that the order is reversed, on the law, without costs or disbursements, and defendant’s motion to dismiss the complaint is granted.
The City University of New York (hereinafter CUNY) is an independent body corporate (Lanza v Wagner, 11 NY2d 317, appeal dismissed 371 US…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Lanza v. WagnerNew York Court of Appeals · 1962
- Board of Higher Education v. CarterNew York Court of Appeals · 1964
- Jones v. City Univ. of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
3Cited by4 opinions
- Becker v. City University of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2000
- Clissuras v. City University of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004
- Apollon v. GiulianiAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- Alice Clissuras v. City University Of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 2004