Legal Opinion

Amalgamated Bank v. Helmsley-Spear, Inc.

New York Court of Appeals

Decided June 25, 2015PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The order of the Appellate Division, insofar as appealed from, should be affirmed, with costs.

*1100The intervenors lacked standing to bring a motion to vacate the default judgment. “To seek relief from a judgment or order, all that is necessary is that some legitimate interest of the moving party will be served and that judicial assistance will avoid injustice” (Oppenheimer v Westcott, 47 NY2d 595, 602 [1979] [internal quotation marks and citation omitted]). Here, however, the intervenors did not meet the second prong of that test because they failed to identify any…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Oppenheimer v. WestcottNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
  2. Lane v. LaneAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991

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