Legal Opinion
American La France & Foamite Corp. v. City of New York
New York Supreme Court
Decided June 18, 1935PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHofstadter, J.
This is a taxpayer’s action brought under section 51 of the General Municipal Law to restrain the defendants from awarding contracts for the purchase by the city of New York of certain fire apparatus. The complaint alleges illegality and waste and asserts that the specifications in the proposal to bid limit competition unfairly, are arbitrary and unreasonable, and call for antiquated and obsolete apparatus. The complaint was dismissed as against the corporate plaintiff (N. Y. L. J. April 30, 1935, per Mr. Justice Miller).
It is clear that the specifications were prepared with the apparatus of…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Talcott v. . City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1891
- Altschul v. . LudwigNew York Court of Appeals · 1916
- Western New York Water Co. v. City of BuffaloNew York Court of Appeals · 1926
- Matter of McNutt Co. v. EckertNew York Court of Appeals · 1931
- Grace v. ForbesNew York Supreme Court · 1909
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Gerzof v. SweeneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1965
- Varsity Transit, Inc. v. SaporitaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
- Rodin v. Director of PurchasingNew York Supreme Court · 1963
- LaFrance v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1935
- Delta Chemical Manufacturing Co. v. Department of General ServicesNew York Supreme Court · 1980
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