Legal Opinion
Laight Cooperative Corp. v. Kenny
Civil Court of the City of New York
Decided July 14, 1980PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Helen E. Freedman, J.
This is another case concerning the applicability of jurisdictional prerequisites to summary proceedings brought against a residential tenant in a commercial loft. The factor that distinguishes this case from its predecessors is that the building is co-operatively owned and the tenant respondent is a co-operative shareholder.
Although each party submitted its own statement of facts, the essential elements are not in dispute. Petitioner is a cooperative corporation formed in June of 1973. Respondent is a dissatisfied shareholder in petitioner and, at the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mandel v. PitkowskyAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1979
- Lipkis v. PikusAppellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1979
- Susskind v. 1136 Tenants Corp.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1964
- Mandel v. PitkowskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1980
- Lipkis v. PikusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Suarez v. Rivercross Tenants' Corp.Appellate Terms of the Supreme Court of New York · 1981
- Linden Hill No. 1 Cooperative Corp. v. KleinerCivil Court of the City of New York · 1984
- McMunn v. Steppingstone Management Corp.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1986
- 333-335 East 209th Street HDFC v. McDonnellCivil Court of the City of New York · 1987
- Star v. 308 Owners Corp.Civil Court of the City of New York · 1985
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