Legal Opinion
Cannata v. City of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided April 26, 1962PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Chief Judge Desmond.
Sixty-eight home owners in the Canarsie section of Brooklyn bring this suit for a declaratory judgment that section 72-n of the General Municipal Law is *213unconstitutional on its face and as applied to the proposed redevelopment of the area in which these people live. Since April, 1961 this statute, or one like it, has become part of article 15 of the General Municipal Law but at the times here in question it was section 72-n of that law (L. 1958, ch. 924). The section authorizes cities to condemn for the purpose of reclamation or redevelopment predominantly vacant areas…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Berman v. ParkerSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Kaskel v. ImpellitteriNew York Court of Appeals · 1953
- Matter of Murray v. LaguardiaNew York Court of Appeals · 1943
- Graham v. HoulihanSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1960
- Opinion of the Justices to the House of RepresentativesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1956
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3Cited by24 opinions
- Jersey City Chapter of Property Owner's Protective Ass'n v. City Council of Jersey CitySupreme Court of New Jersey · 1969
- Yonkers Community Development Agency v. MorrisNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Goldstein v. New York State Urban Development Corp.New York Court of Appeals · 2009
- Levin v. Tp. Committee of Tp. of BridgewaterSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1971
- Parking Systems, Inc. v. Kansas City Downtown Redevelopment Corp.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1974
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