Legal Opinion
Miller v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 3, 1964PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Desmond.
New York City’s Park Commissioner made an agreement with a private business corporation granting the latter the right to construct on a 30-acre site in a public park in the Borough of Queens a golf-driving range with accessory buildings including a parking lot, shops, etc., and to operate the enterprise on a percentage rental basis for 20 years with certain termination rights reserved to the Commissioner. The three plaintiffs as taxpayers brought this action to enjoin the construction work and for a summary judgment declaring that the agreement was a lease of park property…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Brooklyn Park Commissioners v. ArmstrongNew York Court of Appeals · 1871
- Williams v. . GallatinNew York Court of Appeals · 1920
- Gushee v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1899
- Greenwood Lake & Port Jervis Railroad v. New York & Greenwood Lake RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1892
- Williams v. HylanAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1928
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3Cited by53 opinions
- Genesco Entertainment, a Div. of Lymutt v. KochDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1984
- Van Cortlandt Park v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 2001
- Engblom v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- Ark Bryant Park Corp. v. Bryant Park Restoration Corp.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2001
- Lee v. North Dakota Park ServiceNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1977
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