Legal Opinion · Dissent

Courtesy Sandwich Shop, Inc. v. Port of New York Authority

New York Court of Appeals

Decided April 4, 1963Published

1Dissent

Van Voorhis, J. (dissenting).

This statute (L. 1962, ch. 209), as drafted, includes a great deal more than the sponsors of a World Trade Center were talking about, and renders it in my opinion subject to the constitutional defects which the Appellate Division has found. These provisions, as analyzed and criticized by the Appellate Division, appear to have been due to no inadvertence ; they bear every indication of having been consciously and deliberately inserted so as to grant to the Port Authority extensive and uncontrolled governmental power to condemn and manage private real property for…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Matter of N.Y. City H. Authority v. MullerNew York Court of Appeals · 1936
  2. Bush Terminal Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1940
  3. Matter of the Application of Cooper, Etc.New York Court of Appeals · 1883
  4. State v. Inter-American Center AuthoritySupreme Court of Florida · 1955
  5. Matter of Mayor, Etc., of N.Y.New York Court of Appeals · 1892

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