Legal Opinion

Relyea v. Metropolitan Transportation Authority

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

Decided January 17, 2012Published

1Opinion of the Court

*788“Generally, in a CPLR article 78 proceeding, [courts] examine whether the action taken by the agency has a rational basis” and will overturn that action only “where it is ‘taken without sound basis in reason’ or ‘regard to the facts’ ” (Matter of Wooley v New York State Dept. of Correctional Servs., 15 NY3d 275, 280 [2010], quoting Matter of Peckham v Calogero, 12 NY3d 424, 431 [2009]; see Matter of Pell v Board of Educ. of Union Free School Dist. No. 1 of Towns of Scarsdale & Mamaroneck, Westchester County, 34 NY2d 222, 232 [1974]), or where it is “arbitrary and capricious” (Matter of…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Peckham v. CalogeroNew York Court of Appeals · 2009
  2. Wooley v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesNew York Court of Appeals · 2010
  3. Deerpark Farms, LLC v. Agricultural & Farmland Protection BoardAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2010
  4. Ignizio v. City of New YorkAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011

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