Legal Opinion
New York University v. Molner
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 7, 1983PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Harold Tompkins, J.
Respondents move to dismiss or, in the alternative, to stay four holdover proceedings1 brought by petitioner New York University (N.Y.U.), pursuant to CPLR 404 and 3211 (subd [a], par 4) on the ground that there is a prior action pending. The issue presented is whether petitioner’s interposition of a counterclaim for ejectment in a previously instituted Supreme Court declaratory judgment action bars the maintenance of summary proceedings to recover possession of respondents’ units.
Respondents initially commenced a declaratory judgment action in Supreme…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Colson v. PelgramNew York Court of Appeals · 1932
- Brown v. . GallaudetNew York Court of Appeals · 1880
- Lun Far Co. v. Aylesbury AssociatesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Hotel New Yorker Pharmacy, Inc. v. New Yorker Hotel Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1972
- Janes v. PaddellAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1911
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- In Re BentleyUnited States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1985