20 New York opinions name it 5 courts 1953–2025 2 in the last five years
The cases below were cited by New York courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.
| Case | Followed | Cited |
|---|---|---|
Post v. 120 East End Avenue Corp.green1 sentence2023Corp ., 62 NY2d 19, 28-29 [1984]; see also People v Vasquez , 88 NY2d 561, 573 [1996]). [FN2] Accordingly, we are compelled to annul the determination in that it was based upon an unconstitutional standard ( see Matter of Callahan v City of New York , 208 AD3d 422, 423 [1st Dept 2022]). [FN3] The fact that the determination challenged is respondent's denial of petitioner's application for an amendment to her pistol permit, rather than an initial permit application, does not warrant a different result. | 1 | 1 |
People v. Vasquezgreen1 sentence2023Corp ., 62 NY2d 19, 28-29 [1984]; see also People v Vasquez , 88 NY2d 561, 573 [1996]). [FN2] Accordingly, we are compelled to annul the determination in that it was based upon an unconstitutional standard ( see Matter of Callahan v City of New York , 208 AD3d 422, 423 [1st Dept 2022]). [FN3] The fact that the determination challenged is respondent's denial of petitioner's application for an amendment to her pistol permit, rather than an initial permit application, does not warrant a different result. | 1 | 1 |
Matter of Callahan v. City of New Yorkgreen1 sentence2023Corp ., 62 NY2d 19, 28-29 [1984]; see also People v Vasquez , 88 NY2d 561, 573 [1996]). [FN2] Accordingly, we are compelled to annul the determination in that it was based upon an unconstitutional standard ( see Matter of Callahan v City of New York , 208 AD3d 422, 423 [1st Dept 2022]). [FN3] The fact that the determination challenged is respondent's denial of petitioner's application for an amendment to her pistol permit, rather than an initial permit application, does not warrant a different result. | 1 | 1 |
Chapman v. United Statesgreen1 sentence2005An unconstitutional as applied challenge involves a determination as to whether a statute can be constitutionally applied to the defendant under the facts of the case (People v Parker, 41 NY2d 21, 24 [1976]; see also Chapman v United States, 500 US 453, 467 [1991]). | 1 | 1 |
Collins v. City of Harker Heightsgreen1 sentence2003(See Collins v City of Harker Hgts., Tex., 503 US 115, 125 [1992] [Due Process Clause “protects individual liberty against ‘certain government actions regardless of the fairness of the procedures used to implement them’ ”], quoting Daniels v Williams, 424 US 327 at 331 [1986].) Mr. Bell argues that because the purpose of the SORA is to identify and protect the public from sexual offenders and predators — and he is neither — the Sex Offender Registration Act, as applied to him, is an unconstitutional violation of the Constitution’s guarantee of substantive due process. | 1 | 1 |
United States v. Jacksongreen1 sentence1999In Jackson , the Supreme Court held that the unconstitutional clause authorizing capital punishment was sev-erable from the rest of the kidnaping statute, and the Court chose to strike only the death penalty clause (see, United States v Jackson, supra, at 586). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Jenkinsgreen1 sentence1990Such a distinct imbalance in the exercise of peremptory challenges raises an inference that the prosecutor impermissibly measured prospective female jurors by an unconstitutional standard, specifically their gender (see, People v Jenkins, supra, at 556). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Scottgreen1 sentence1990These circumstances were sufficient to establish a "pattern of strikes” against black prospective jurors based " 'solely on account of their race or on the assumption that black jurors as a group will be unable impartially to consider the State’s case against a black defendant’ ” (People v Scott, 70 NY2d 420, 425, quoting Batson v Kentucky, 476 US, at 89 , supra). | 1 | 1 |
| Case | Negative | Cited |
|---|---|---|
| No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in New York. Read the followed side critically anyway. | ||
| Case | Cited | Years |
|---|---|---|
People v. Rodriguez
green
2 sentences1989Numerous other rights of both constitutional and nonconstitutional dimension, however, have been held not to survive, including: the right to trial by a jury (Duncan v Lousiana, 391 US 145 ); the right to confrontation (Pointer v Texas, 380 US 400 ); the alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 , supra); an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ); or a challenge based on allegedly discriminatory composition of the Grand Jury (People v Siciliano, 40 NY2d 996 , rearg denied 41 NY2d 901 , appeal dismissed 430 US 9 1985Examples include an alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 ); a claimed deficiency in a jurisdictionally sufficient accusatory instrument (People v Levin, 57 NY2d 1008 ; People v Cohen, 52 NY2d 584 ); and an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ) or preindictment prosecutorial misconduct (People v Di Raffaele, 55 NY2d 234 ). | 2 | 1985–1989 |
People v. Thomas
green
2 sentences1989Numerous other rights of both constitutional and nonconstitutional dimension, however, have been held not to survive, including: the right to trial by a jury (Duncan v Lousiana, 391 US 145 ); the right to confrontation (Pointer v Texas, 380 US 400 ); the alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 , supra); an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ); or a challenge based on allegedly discriminatory composition of the Grand Jury (People v Siciliano, 40 NY2d 996 , rearg denied 41 NY2d 901 , appeal dismissed 430 US 9 1985Examples include an alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 ); a claimed deficiency in a jurisdictionally sufficient accusatory instrument (People v Levin, 57 NY2d 1008 ; People v Cohen, 52 NY2d 584 ); and an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ) or preindictment prosecutorial misconduct (People v Di Raffaele, 55 NY2d 234 ). | 2 | 1985–1989 |
Catanise v. Town of Fayette
green
1 sentence2025As such, the Supreme Court also should have denied the plaintiff's motion for summary judgment on the cause of action for the imposition of a $1,000 forfeiture against the defendant pursuant to CPLR 7003(c) and granted that branch of the defendant's cross-motion which was pursuant to CPLR 3211(a)(7) to dismiss the amended complaint on that basis, and should have granted that branch of the defendant's motion which was, in effect, for a judgment declaring that the CPLR 7003(c) is unconstitutional because it violates the separation of powers doctrine ( see Matter of Catanise v Town of Fayette , 1 | 1 | 2025–2025 |
For the People Theatres of N.Y., Inc. v. City of New York
green
1 sentence2017In 2012, the trial court struck down the 2001 zoning regulations as to adult eating and drinking establishments and adult bookstores as an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment, enjoining the City from enforcing them (see 38 Misc 3d 663 [Sup Ct, NY County 2012]). | 1 | 2017–2017 |
MATTER OF HYNES v. Tomei
green
1 sentence1999In Matter of Hynes v Tomei (supra), the Court of Appeals also found the law severable, but elected to strike not the provisions authorizing the death penalty but those governing plea bargaining. | 1 | 1999–1999 |
American Libraries Ass'n v. Pataki
green
1 sentence1997Assn. v Pataki ( 969 F Supp 160 [1997, Preska, J.]), which concluded that New York Penal Law § 235.21 (3), directed at computer communication system transmission of obscene material, was an unconstitutional violation of the Commerce Clause of the United States Constitution and stated the view that "the Internet is one of those areas of commerce that must be marked off as a national preserve to protect users from inconsistent legislation that, taken to its most extreme, could paralyze development of the Internet altogether” (at 169). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
Branzburg v. Hayes
green
1 sentence1993The Department of Transportation regulation which prohib its the taking of photographs or moving pictures except in a designated parking area or otherwise as authorized by the Department of Transportation is a reasonable exercise of police power and is not an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press, either as applied to the defendant herein or by reason of overbreadth (see, New York State Club Assn. v New York City, 487 US 1 ; Branzburg v Hayes, 408 US 665 ). | 1 | 1993–1993 |
New York State Club Assn., Inc. v. City of New York
green
1 sentence1993The Department of Transportation regulation which prohib its the taking of photographs or moving pictures except in a designated parking area or otherwise as authorized by the Department of Transportation is a reasonable exercise of police power and is not an unconstitutional violation of the First Amendment guarantee of freedom of the press, either as applied to the defendant herein or by reason of overbreadth (see, New York State Club Assn. v New York City, 487 US 1 ; Branzburg v Hayes, 408 US 665 ). | 1 | 1993–1993 |
People v. Prior
green
1 sentence1993Moreover, the return, by which this court is bound, gives no basis to disturb any of defendant’s convictions (see, People v Prior, 4 NY2d 70 ). | 1 | 1993–1993 |
Batson v. Kentucky
green
1 sentence1990These circumstances were sufficient to establish a "pattern of strikes” against black prospective jurors based " 'solely on account of their race or on the assumption that black jurors as a group will be unable impartially to consider the State’s case against a black defendant’ ” (People v Scott, 70 NY2d 420, 425, quoting Batson v Kentucky, 476 US, at 89 , supra). | 1 | 1990–1990 |
Duncan v. Louisiana
green
1 sentence1989Numerous other rights of both constitutional and nonconstitutional dimension, however, have been held not to survive, including: the right to trial by a jury (Duncan v Lousiana, 391 US 145 ); the right to confrontation (Pointer v Texas, 380 US 400 ); the alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 , supra); an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ); or a challenge based on allegedly discriminatory composition of the Grand Jury (People v Siciliano, 40 NY2d 996 , rearg denied 41 NY2d 901 , appeal dismissed 430 US 9 | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Pointer v. Texas
green
1 sentence1989Numerous other rights of both constitutional and nonconstitutional dimension, however, have been held not to survive, including: the right to trial by a jury (Duncan v Lousiana, 391 US 145 ); the right to confrontation (Pointer v Texas, 380 US 400 ); the alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 , supra); an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ); or a challenge based on allegedly discriminatory composition of the Grand Jury (People v Siciliano, 40 NY2d 996 , rearg denied 41 NY2d 901 , appeal dismissed 430 US 9 | 1 | 1989–1989 |
Siciliano v. New York
green
1 sentence1989Numerous other rights of both constitutional and nonconstitutional dimension, however, have been held not to survive, including: the right to trial by a jury (Duncan v Lousiana, 391 US 145 ); the right to confrontation (Pointer v Texas, 380 US 400 ); the alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 , supra); an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ); or a challenge based on allegedly discriminatory composition of the Grand Jury (People v Siciliano, 40 NY2d 996 , rearg denied 41 NY2d 901 , appeal dismissed 430 US 9 | 1 | 1989–1989 |
People v. Siciliano
neutral
1 sentence1989Numerous other rights of both constitutional and nonconstitutional dimension, however, have been held not to survive, including: the right to trial by a jury (Duncan v Lousiana, 391 US 145 ); the right to confrontation (Pointer v Texas, 380 US 400 ); the alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 , supra); an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ); or a challenge based on allegedly discriminatory composition of the Grand Jury (People v Siciliano, 40 NY2d 996 , rearg denied 41 NY2d 901 , appeal dismissed 430 US 9 | 1 | 1989–1989 |
People v. Cohen
green
1 sentence1985Examples include an alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 ); a claimed deficiency in a jurisdictionally sufficient accusatory instrument (People v Levin, 57 NY2d 1008 ; People v Cohen, 52 NY2d 584 ); and an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ) or preindictment prosecutorial misconduct (People v Di Raffaele, 55 NY2d 234 ). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
People v. Levin
green
1 sentence1985Examples include an alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 ); a claimed deficiency in a jurisdictionally sufficient accusatory instrument (People v Levin, 57 NY2d 1008 ; People v Cohen, 52 NY2d 584 ); and an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ) or preindictment prosecutorial misconduct (People v Di Raffaele, 55 NY2d 234 ). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
People v. Di Raffaele
green
1 sentence1985Examples include an alleged unconstitutional presumption in a statute (People v Thomas, 53 NY2d 338 ); a claimed deficiency in a jurisdictionally sufficient accusatory instrument (People v Levin, 57 NY2d 1008 ; People v Cohen, 52 NY2d 584 ); and an allegation of selective or vindictive prosecution (People v Rodriguez, 55 NY2d 776 ) or preindictment prosecutorial misconduct (People v Di Raffaele, 55 NY2d 234 ). | 1 | 1985–1985 |
Plas v. State
green
1 sentence1984Courts in other States have in numerous cases applied these same principles in eliminating an unconstitutional exception from a criminal statute and thereby enlarging the scope of the statute. 15 The decision most similar factually to the present one comes from the Alaska Supreme Court in Pías v State ( 598 P2d 966 ). | 1 | 1984–1984 |
Sniadach v. Family Finance Corp. of Bay View
green
1 sentence1981Corp. ( 395 US 337 ). | 1 | 1981–1981 |
Rush v. Savchuk
green
1 sentence1980Rush v Savchuk (supra) held that the Seider v Roth doctrine was an unconstitutional violation of due process where the defendant had no other contacts with the forum. | 1 | 1980–1980 |
| Board of Education v. Helsby neutral | 1 | 1979–1979 |
| De Jonge v. Oregon green | 1 | 1979–1979 |
| Yates v. United States red | 1 | 1979–1979 |
| Keyishian v. Board of Regents of Univ. of State of NY green | 1 | 1979–1979 |
MATTER OF BD. OF EDUC., CENT. SCH. DIST. NO. 1 OF THE TOWN OF GRAND ISLAND v. Helsby
neutral
2 sentences1979One such form, conditioning public employment on the surrender of this right, has therefore been held impermissible ( Elrod v Burns , 427 US 347 ; Keyishian v Board of Regents , 385 US 589 ; Matter of Board of Educ. v Helsby , 37 AD2d 493 , affd 32 N.Y.2d 660 , supra ). 1979One such form, conditioning public employment on the surrender of this right, has therefore been held impermissible (Elrod v Burns, 427 US 347 ; Keyishian v Board of Regents, 385 US 589 ; Matter of Board of Educ. v Helsby, 37 AD2d 493 , affd 32 NY2d 660 , supra). | 1 | 1979–1979 |
Elrod v. Burns
green
2 sentences1979One such form, conditioning public employment on the surrender of this right, has therefore been held impermissible ( Elrod v Burns , 427 US 347 ; Keyishian v Board of Regents , 385 US 589 ; Matter of Board of Educ. v Helsby , 37 AD2d 493 , affd 32 N.Y.2d 660 , supra ). 1979One such form, conditioning public employment on the surrender of this right, has therefore been held impermissible (Elrod v Burns, 427 US 347 ; Keyishian v Board of Regents, 385 US 589 ; Matter of Board of Educ. v Helsby, 37 AD2d 493 , affd 32 NY2d 660 , supra). | 1 | 1979–1979 |
| Griswold v. Connecticut green | 1 | 1973–1973 |
| Danskin v. San Diego Unified School District green | 1 | 1962–1962 |
| Ex Parte Jackson green | 1 | 1955–1955 |
| Frost & Frost Trucking Co. v. Railroad Comm'n of Cal. green | 1 | 1953–1953 |
Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.