New York Telephone Company v. City of New York

Full title: NEW YORK TELEPHONE COMPANY et al., Appellants, et al., Plaintiff, v. CITY…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: May 30, 1985

481 N.E.2d 255 (N.Y. 1985)

481 N.E.2d 255

491 N.Y.S.2d 623

Opinion

Argued April 29, 1985

Decided May 30, 1985

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department, Charles B. Lawrence, J.

Saul Scheier and Kevin M. Walsh for New York Telephone Company, appellant.

Cynthia Boyer Okrent for Brooklyn Union Gas Company, appellant.

Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel ( Trudi Mara Schleifer and Francis F. Caputo of counsel), for City of New York, respondent.

Donald J. Carbone for Frank Mascali Construction Corp. and others, respondents, precluded.

Jack Babchick for Andrews and Clark, respondent, precluded.

Howard J. McGratty for Mason Hanger-Silas Mason Co., Inc., respondent, precluded.

Order affirmed, with costs, for reasons stated in the opinion by Justice James F. Niehoff at the Appellate Division ( 95 A.D.2d 282). Question certified answered in the affirmative.

Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges JASEN, MEYER, SIMONS, KAYE and ALEXANDER. Taking no part: Judge TITONE.