Legal Opinion · Dissent

Grunfeld v. Grunfeld

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

Decided December 24, 1986Published

1DissentLevine, J.

We respectfully dissent. The majority remits for an evidentiary hearing solely to determine whether the allocation of the parties’ assets and liabilities under the stipulation is so one-sided in favor of defendant as to be unconscionable. Under current analysis of the doctrine of unconscionability, the majority has thus decided that plaintiff raised an issue of fact concerning "substantive” unconscionability, which arises out of the unfairness of the terms of the parties’ agreement, rather than "procedural” unconscionability, which focuses on the unfairness of the process of contract…

2Cases cited20 opinions

  1. Hallock v. StateNew York Court of Appeals · 1984
  2. Christian v. ChristianNew York Court of Appeals · 1977
  3. Rentways, Inc. v. O'Neill Milk & Cream Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1955
  4. Sega v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
  5. State v. Avco Financial Service of New York Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1980

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