Legal Opinion
Goldstein v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad
Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York
Decided January 14, 1993PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Order entered August 13, 1991 reversed, with $10 costs, defendants’ motion for summary judgment is granted and the complaint dismissed.
The plaintiff’s admitted refusal to pay the one-way fare or leave the commuter train — conduct which resulted in a delay of approximately 25 minutes to the other passengers — provided a lawful basis to arrest plaintiff for disorderly conduct (see, Matter of Charles M., 143 AD2d 96) or theft of services (see, Burroughs v New York City Tr. Auth., 112 AD2d 186). That plaintiff may have felt aggrieved because monthly commutation tickets were…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Veras v. Truth Verification Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Veras v. Truth Verification Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 1982
- In re Charles M.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
- Burroughs v. New York City Transit AuthorityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Monnier v. New York Central & Hudson River RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1903
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- Goldstein v. Metro-North Commuter RailroadAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1994