Legal Opinion
New York Telephone Co. v. City of New York
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 22, 1983PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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Niehoff, J.
As part of its pollution control efforts, the City of New York undertook to construct a sewer in Brooklyn, and employed three contractors (the joint venture) -to build it. Before construction began, the New York Telephone Com-pony, the Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., and the Brooklyn Union Gas Company were directed to remove their underground facilities from a certain portion of Van Brunt Street in Brooklyn. After they complied, construction of the project commenced on that street. Some time later, a building collapsed adjacent to the project…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Weiss v. FoteNew York Court of Appeals · 1960
- O'Connor v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
- Transit Commission v. Long Island RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
- Gutelle v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- MTR. OF CONS. EDISON CO. v. LindsayNew York Court of Appeals · 1969
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3Cited by5 opinions
- City & County of Denver v. Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Co.Supreme Court of Colorado · 1988
- City of New York v. Consolidated Edison Co.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1986
- New York Telephone Co. v. City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1985
- Consolidated Edison Co. of New York, Inc. v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1991
- General Contractors Ass'n of New York, Inc. v. TormentaNew York Supreme Court · 1999