Legal Opinion
Brooklyn Union Gas Co. v. Richy
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided April 3, 1984PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Margaret Cammer, J.
These are 4 of approximately 250 applications submitted by Brooklyn Union Gas Company in the midst of the winter season for an order to allow a city marshal to break open, enter and search defendants’ apartments and seize their gas meters. Requested relief is premised on claimed nonpayment by defendants of their utility bills.* All the defendants have defaulted.
*803The applications are submitted in purported compliance with the terms of a consent agreement dated February 24, 1983 between Con Edison and the New York State Attorney-General, governing such…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Laprease v. Raymours Furniture CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1970
- Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. VezcaninoCivil Court of the City of New York · 1974
- Finkenberg Furniture Corp. v. VasquezCivil Court of the City of New York · 1971
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