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16 citation events (2 in the last 25 years) across 4 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Secured Equities Investment, Inc. v. McFarland (nyappdiv, 2002-12-30)
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The doctrine of judicial estoppel, also known as the “doctrine of estoppel against inconsistent positions!,] * * * precludes a party from framing his pleadings in a manner inconsistent with a position taken in a prior judicial proceeding” (Kimco of N.Y. v Devon, 163 AD2d 573, 574 ; see Houghton v Thomas, 220 App Div 415, 423 , affd 248 NY 523 ; Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine v Zion, 168 AD2d 373, 374 , lv dismissed 78 NY2d 908 , rearg denied 78 NY2d 1008 ; see also Piedra v Vanover, 174 AD2d 191, 197 ; Greven v Muir, 128 AD2d 753, 754 ).
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Augustus S. Houghton Et Al., Appellants and Respondents,
v.
Hector W. Thomas Et Al., Respondents, and Harry W. MacK, Appellant, Impleaded With Another
New York Court of Appeals.
Apr 13, 1928.
162 N.E. 509
John E. Joyce and George A. Ferris for plaintiffs, appellants and respondents. George A. Spiegelberg for defendant-appellant. I. Maurice Wormser, Philip J. Dunn and Sumner B. Stiles for Hector W. Thomas, respondent.
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Judgment affirmed, with costs to the defendants-respondents against the plaintiffs; no opinion.

Concur: Cardozo, Ch. J., Pound, Crane, Andrews, Lehman, Kellogg and O’Brien, JJ.