Legal Opinion
Abrams v. New York City Transit Authority
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 8, 1976PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum. Order of the Appellate Division affirmed, with costs.
Under the constantly broadening view in this State of standing to sue in order to redress illegality of official action, it may no longer be necessary to establish that plaintiffs suffer special harm as distinguished from that suffered by the public at large (see Boryszewski v Brydges, 37 NY2d 361, 363-364; *992but cf. the more representative type of standing to sue in Matter of Douglaston Civic Assn., v Galvin, 36 NY2d 1, and National Organization for Women v State Div. of Human Rights, 34 NY2d 416).
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2Cases cited3 opinions
- Boryszewski v. BrydgesNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Douglaston Civic Ass'n v. GalvinNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
- National Organization for Women v. State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1974
3Cited by71 opinions
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- Klostermann v. CuomoNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Board of Education v. NyquistNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Nys Law Enforcement Employees v. CuomoNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
- Jones v. BeameNew York Court of Appeals · 1978
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