Legal Opinion
Faltynowicz v. Battery Park City Authority
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided January 19, 2017No. Nos. 15-2181-cv(L); 15-2283-cv(Con); 15-2285-cv(Con); 15-2487-cv(Con); 15-2506-cv(Con); 15-2687-cv(Con)PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DRONEY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal requires us to determine whether Battery Park City Authority (“BPCA”), a public benefit corporation, has the capacity to challenge a New York State claim-revival statute as unconstitutional under the New York State Constitution, and whether that challenge succeeds on the merits. As we explain below, we believe we cannot resolve those questions without first certifying two predicate questions to the New York Court of Appeals:(1) Before New York State’s capacity-to-sue doctrine may be applied to determine whether a State-created *61public benefit corporation has…
2Cases cited19 opinions
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