Legal Opinion
Berry Estates, Inc. v. New York
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 19, 1987No. Nos. 186, 185, Dockets 86-5029, 86-5037PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judge:
These are appeals from an order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Brieant, J.) affirming an order of the bankruptcy court. The issue presented is whether certain orders of New York State courts under that State’s Emergency Tenant Protection Act of Nineteen Seventy-Four (ETPA), N.Y. Unconsol. Laws §§ 8621-8634, should control the disposition of unlawful excess rents collected , by a landlord who thereafter filed for a Chapter 11 arrangement, 11 U.S.C. §§ 1101-1174. A brief look at the public policy underlying rent control…
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