Legal Opinion
Wright v. Brockett
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 9, 1991PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Lewis R. Friedman, J.
This is an ejectment action. Plaintiffs move for an order seeking to have the defendant immediately vacate her apartment in plaintiffs’ building. The motion seeks to enforce a written "agreement”, denominated an "award”, entered into by the parties as a result of nonjudicial "mediation-arbitratian” of a dispute which originated in the Criminal Court.
The facts of this case are typical of the more than 100,000 actions which have been diverted from the criminal process into alternative dispute resolution over the past 10 years. For nearly 20 years,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Solack Estates, Inc. v. GoodmanAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1979
- In re the Arbitration between Harris & East India Trading Co.New York Supreme Court · 1955
- People v. SnyderNew York Supreme Court · 1985
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