44 New York opinions name it 8 courts 1888–2026 3 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 |
|---|---|---|
Wayte v. United Statesgreen2 sentences1999Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution’s general deterrence value, the Government’s enforcement priorities, and the case’s relationship to the Government’s overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake.” (Wayte v United States, 470 US 598, 607 [1985].) In terms of challenging a District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute, the court in Matter of Hassan v Magistrates’ Ct. ( 20 Misc 2d 509 [Sup Ct, Queens County 1959], appeal dismissed 10 AD2d 908 [2d Dept 1960], Iv dismissed 8 NY2d 750 [1960], cert denied 3 1998“Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution’s general deterrence value, the Government’s enforcement priorities, and the case’s relationship to the Government’s overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake * * * Examining the basis of a prosecution delays the criminal proceeding, threatens to chill law enforcement by subjecting the prosecutor’s motives and decisionmaking to outside inquiry, and may undermine the prosecutorial effectiveness by revealing the Government’s enforcement policy” (Wayte v United State | 2 | 2 |
Henry Modell & Co. v. Ministergreen2 sentences2026It is hornbook law that notwithstanding our State's "permissive" counterclaim rule, "the doctrine of collateral estoppel (issue preclusion) can invade a second action, brought now on the previously withheld counterclaim, and, with findings from the earlier action, dictate its result." (Siegel, New York Practice § 452 [6th ed 2024] [noting that our application of estoppel as "a kind of waiver doctrine . . . is an erratic and perilous thing in a practice that presumes to label all counterclaims permissive"]; see also Modell , 68 NY2d at 462 & n 2 ["Our permissive counterclaim rule . . . does not 2026It is hornbook law that notwithstanding our State's "permissive" counterclaim rule, "the doctrine of collateral estoppel (issue preclusion) can invade a second action, brought now on the previously withheld counterclaim, and, with findings from the earlier action, dictate its result." (Siegel, New York Practice § 452 [6th ed 2024] [noting that our application of estoppel as "a kind of waiver doctrine . . . is an erratic and perilous thing in a practice that presumes to label all counterclaims permissive"]; see also Modell , 68 NY2d at 462 & n 2 ["Our permissive counterclaim rule . . . does not | 1 | 1 |
Gramatan Home Investors Corp. v. Lopezgreen2 sentences2026Corp. v Lopez , 46 NY2d 481, 485 [1979] [collateral estoppel applies where the party "had been afforded a full and fair opportunity to contest the decision said to be dispositive of the present controversy" and there is proof that the issues litigated "in the prior action (are) identical, and thus decisive, of th(ose) in issue in the current action"]). 2026Corp. v Lopez , 46 NY2d 481, 485 [1979] [collateral estoppel applies where the party "had been afforded a full and fair opportunity to contest the decision said to be dispositive of the present controversy" and there is proof that the issues litigated "in the prior action (are) identical, and thus decisive, of th(ose) in issue in the current action"]). | 1 | 1 |
People v. Rileygreen1 sentence2024As we have stated, "erroneously induced identification evidence via showups . . . must be vigilantly guarded against because this kind of error drives right into the heart of the adjudicative guilt or innocence process affecting the person accused and identified" ( People v Riley , 70 NY2d 523, 531 [1987]). | 1 | 1 |
Toure v. Avis Rent a Car Systems, Inc.green1 sentence2018Nevertheless, disregarding the kind of analysis we regularly employ in those cases, the majority concludes that the victim's "slight pain" and "little problems" are legally sufficient to establish "serious physical injury." The requirements set out in Stewart are similar to our approach in the no-fault context, where we have said that "subjective {**32 NY3d at 1100}complaints alone are not sufficient" to establish serious injury, and that claims must be supported by "objective evidence" ( Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys. , 98 NY2d 345, 350-351 [2002]). | 1 | 1 |
Tadros v. New York City Health & Hospitals Corp.green2 sentences2014Corp., 112 AD2d 85, 86 [1st Dept 1985] [“(M)istaken belief that HHC was a city agency (is) a sufficient excuse warranting late filing relief’]). 2014Corp. , 112 AD2d 85, 86 [1st Dept 1985] ["[M]istaken belief that HHC was a city agency [is] a sufficient excuse warranting late filing relief"]). | 1 | 1 |
Rather v. CBS Corp.green1 sentence2010As the Court of Appeals noted in Lama, under the out-of-pocket rule “the loss of an alternative contractual bargain . . . cannot serve as a basis for fraud or misrepresentation damages because the loss of the bargain was ‘undeterminable and speculative’ ” ( 88 NY2d at 422 , quoting Dress Shirt Sales v Hotel Martinique Assoc., 12 NY2d 339, 344 [1963]; see also Rather v CBS Corp., 68 AD3d 49, 58 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 715 [2010]; Geary v Hunton & Williams, 257 AD2d 482 [1999]; Alpert v Shea Gould Climenko & Casey, 160 AD2d 67, 72 [1990]). | 1 | 1 |
MATTER OF LONG v. Woodruffgreen1 sentence2010As the Court of Appeals noted in Lama, under the out-of-pocket rule “the loss of an alternative contractual bargain . . . cannot serve as a basis for fraud or misrepresentation damages because the loss of the bargain was ‘undeterminable and speculative’ ” ( 88 NY2d at 422 , quoting Dress Shirt Sales v Hotel Martinique Assoc., 12 NY2d 339, 344 [1963]; see also Rather v CBS Corp., 68 AD3d 49, 58 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 715 [2010]; Geary v Hunton & Williams, 257 AD2d 482 [1999]; Alpert v Shea Gould Climenko & Casey, 160 AD2d 67, 72 [1990]). | 1 | 1 |
Dress Shirt Sales, Inc. v. Hotel Martinique Associatesgreen1 sentence2010As the Court of Appeals noted in Lama, under the out-of-pocket rule “the loss of an alternative contractual bargain . . . cannot serve as a basis for fraud or misrepresentation damages because the loss of the bargain was ‘undeterminable and speculative’ ” ( 88 NY2d at 422 , quoting Dress Shirt Sales v Hotel Martinique Assoc., 12 NY2d 339, 344 [1963]; see also Rather v CBS Corp., 68 AD3d 49, 58 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 715 [2010]; Geary v Hunton & Williams, 257 AD2d 482 [1999]; Alpert v Shea Gould Climenko & Casey, 160 AD2d 67, 72 [1990]). | 1 | 1 |
Alpert v. Shea Gould Climenko & Caseygreen1 sentence2010As the Court of Appeals noted in Lama, under the out-of-pocket rule “the loss of an alternative contractual bargain . . . cannot serve as a basis for fraud or misrepresentation damages because the loss of the bargain was ‘undeterminable and speculative’ ” ( 88 NY2d at 422 , quoting Dress Shirt Sales v Hotel Martinique Assoc., 12 NY2d 339, 344 [1963]; see also Rather v CBS Corp., 68 AD3d 49, 58 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 715 [2010]; Geary v Hunton & Williams, 257 AD2d 482 [1999]; Alpert v Shea Gould Climenko & Casey, 160 AD2d 67, 72 [1990]). | 1 | 1 |
Tahoe-Sierra Preservation Council, Inc. v. Tahoe Regional Planning Agencygreen1 sentence2003Council v Tahoe Regional Planning Agency, supra at 330, quoting Lucas o South Carolina Coastal Council, supra, at 1019 n 8). | 1 | 1 |
McCleskey v. Kempgreen1 sentence1998Prosecutors in capital cases are not held to a higher standard of accountability. “[T]he policy considerations behind a prosecutor’s traditionally ‘wide discretion’ suggest the impropriety of our requiring prosecutors to defend their decisions to seek death penalties” (McCleskey v Kemp, 481 US 279, 296 [1987]; Proffitt v Florida, 428 US 242 [1976]; Jurek v Texas, 428 US 262 [1976]). | 1 | 1 |
| Griswold v. Connecticutgreen | 1 | 1 |
| Schmerber v. Californiagreen | 1 | 1 |
| Gregg v. Georgiagreen | 1 | 1 |
| People v. Jacksongreen | 1 | 1 |
| Pell v. Board of Educationgreen | 1 | 1 |
| City of Amsterdam v. Helsbygreen | 1 | 1 |
| Roby v. . N.Y.C. H.R.R.R. Co.green | 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 |
|---|---|---|
Jewel v. Boxer
green
2 sentences2014The provisions of this [section] are intended to expressly waive, opt out of and be in lieu of any rights any Partner or the Partnership may have to ‘unfinished business’ of the Partnership, as the term is defined in Jewel v. Boxer, 156 Cal.App.3d 171 [203 Cal Rptr 13] (Cal. App. 1 Dist. 1984), or as otherwise might be provided in the absence of this provision through the interpretation or application of the [California Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, as amended].” This kind of waiver is referred to as a “Jewel Waiver,” after Jewel v Boxer (156 Cal App 3d 171 [Cal Ct App 1984]), the intermedi 2014The provisions of this [section] are intended to expressly waive, opt out of and be in lieu of any rights any Partner of the Partnership may have to "unfinished business" of the Partnership, as the term is defined in Jewel v Boxer, 156 Cal. App.3d 171 [ 203 Cal. Rptr. 13 ] (Cal. App. 1 Dist. 1984), or as otherwise might be provided in the absence of this provision through the interpretation of the [California Uniform Partnership Act of 1994, as amended]." This kind of waiver is referred to as a "Jewel Waiver," - 2 - - 3 - Nos. 136 & 137 after Jewel v Boxer (156 Cal App 3d 171 [Cal Ct App 1984] | 2 | 2014–2014 |
People v. Michael M.
green
2 sentences2025The Court notes that a taint hearing was ordered in People v. Michael M. , 162 Misc 2d 803 (Sup. Ct., Kings County 1994). 2025The Court notes that a taint hearing was ordered in People v. Michael M. , 162 Misc 2d 803 (Sup. Ct., Kings County 1994). | 1 | 2025–2025 |
People v. Garland
green
1 sentence2018Nevertheless, disregarding the kind of analysis we regularly employ in those cases, the majority concludes that the victim's "slight pain" and "little problems" are legally sufficient to establish "serious physical injury." The requirements set out in Stewart are similar to our approach in the no-fault context, where we have said that "subjective {**32 NY3d at 1100}complaints alone are not sufficient" to establish serious injury, and that claims must be supported by "objective evidence" ( Toure v Avis Rent A Car Sys. , 98 NY2d 345, 350-351 [2002]). | 1 | 2018–2018 |
Suriel v. New York City Housing Authority
green
2 sentences2014This kind of error warrants late filing relief (see Matter of Gherardi v City of New York, 294 AD2d 101 [1st Dept 2002]; Tadros v New York City Health & Hosps. 2014This kind of error warrants late filing relief ( see Matter of Gherardi v City of New York , 294 AD2d 101 [1st Dept 2002]; Tadros v New York City Health & Hosps. | 1 | 2014–2014 |
MATTER OF STATE OF NY v. King
green
1 sentence2011That legal error, however, would not be the kind of error that implicates “an unlawful use or abuse of the entire action or proceeding as distinguished from an unlawful procedure or error in the action or proceeding itself related to the proper purpose of the action or proceeding” (Matter of State of New York v King, 36 NY2d at 64 ). | 1 | 2011–2011 |
Lama Holding Co. v. Smith Barney Inc.
green
1 sentence2010As the Court of Appeals noted in Lama, under the out-of-pocket rule “the loss of an alternative contractual bargain . . . cannot serve as a basis for fraud or misrepresentation damages because the loss of the bargain was ‘undeterminable and speculative’ ” ( 88 NY2d at 422 , quoting Dress Shirt Sales v Hotel Martinique Assoc., 12 NY2d 339, 344 [1963]; see also Rather v CBS Corp., 68 AD3d 49, 58 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 715 [2010]; Geary v Hunton & Williams, 257 AD2d 482 [1999]; Alpert v Shea Gould Climenko & Casey, 160 AD2d 67, 72 [1990]). | 1 | 2010–2010 |
Geary v. Hunton & Williams
green
1 sentence2010As the Court of Appeals noted in Lama, under the out-of-pocket rule “the loss of an alternative contractual bargain . . . cannot serve as a basis for fraud or misrepresentation damages because the loss of the bargain was ‘undeterminable and speculative’ ” ( 88 NY2d at 422 , quoting Dress Shirt Sales v Hotel Martinique Assoc., 12 NY2d 339, 344 [1963]; see also Rather v CBS Corp., 68 AD3d 49, 58 [2009], lv denied 13 NY3d 715 [2010]; Geary v Hunton & Williams, 257 AD2d 482 [1999]; Alpert v Shea Gould Climenko & Casey, 160 AD2d 67, 72 [1990]). | 1 | 2010–2010 |
Hassan v. Magistrates' Court
green
1 sentence1999Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution’s general deterrence value, the Government’s enforcement priorities, and the case’s relationship to the Government’s overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake.” (Wayte v United States, 470 US 598, 607 [1985].) In terms of challenging a District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute, the court in Matter of Hassan v Magistrates’ Ct. ( 20 Misc 2d 509 [Sup Ct, Queens County 1959], appeal dismissed 10 AD2d 908 [2d Dept 1960], Iv dismissed 8 NY2d 750 [1960], cert denied 3 | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Farley v. United States
neutral
1 sentence1999Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution’s general deterrence value, the Government’s enforcement priorities, and the case’s relationship to the Government’s overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake.” (Wayte v United States, 470 US 598, 607 [1985].) In terms of challenging a District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute, the court in Matter of Hassan v Magistrates’ Ct. ( 20 Misc 2d 509 [Sup Ct, Queens County 1959], appeal dismissed 10 AD2d 908 [2d Dept 1960], Iv dismissed 8 NY2d 750 [1960], cert denied 3 | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Sklow v. Parkersburg-Ætna Corp.
neutral
1 sentence1999Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution’s general deterrence value, the Government’s enforcement priorities, and the case’s relationship to the Government’s overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake.” (Wayte v United States, 470 US 598, 607 [1985].) In terms of challenging a District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute, the court in Matter of Hassan v Magistrates’ Ct. ( 20 Misc 2d 509 [Sup Ct, Queens County 1959], appeal dismissed 10 AD2d 908 [2d Dept 1960], Iv dismissed 8 NY2d 750 [1960], cert denied 3 | 1 | 1999–1999 |
People v. McCallum
neutral
1 sentence1999Such factors as the strength of the case, the prosecution’s general deterrence value, the Government’s enforcement priorities, and the case’s relationship to the Government’s overall enforcement plan are not readily susceptible to the kind of analysis the courts are competent to undertake.” (Wayte v United States, 470 US 598, 607 [1985].) In terms of challenging a District Attorney’s decision not to prosecute, the court in Matter of Hassan v Magistrates’ Ct. ( 20 Misc 2d 509 [Sup Ct, Queens County 1959], appeal dismissed 10 AD2d 908 [2d Dept 1960], Iv dismissed 8 NY2d 750 [1960], cert denied 3 | 1 | 1999–1999 |
Jurek v. Texas
green
1 sentence1998Prosecutors in capital cases are not held to a higher standard of accountability. “[T]he policy considerations behind a prosecutor’s traditionally ‘wide discretion’ suggest the impropriety of our requiring prosecutors to defend their decisions to seek death penalties” (McCleskey v Kemp, 481 US 279, 296 [1987]; Proffitt v Florida, 428 US 242 [1976]; Jurek v Texas, 428 US 262 [1976]). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
Proffitt v. Florida
green
1 sentence1998Prosecutors in capital cases are not held to a higher standard of accountability. “[T]he policy considerations behind a prosecutor’s traditionally ‘wide discretion’ suggest the impropriety of our requiring prosecutors to defend their decisions to seek death penalties” (McCleskey v Kemp, 481 US 279, 296 [1987]; Proffitt v Florida, 428 US 242 [1976]; Jurek v Texas, 428 US 262 [1976]). | 1 | 1998–1998 |
People v. Ford
green
1 sentence1997The court’s attempt to rectify this kind of error at sentencing comes too late and exceeds the scope of its authority (see, CPL 320.20 [4]; People v Carter, 63 NY2d 530, 538 ; People v Colon, 65 NY2d 888 , 890; People v Ford, 62 NY2d 275 ; cf., People v Boettcher, 69 NY2d 174, 180 ). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
| People v. Ventura green | 1 | 1997–1997 |
People v. Alfaro
green
1 sentence1997After formal rendition of a verdict at a bench trial, a trial court lacks authority to reweigh the factual evidence and reconsider the verdict (see, People v Carter, supra, 63 NY2d, at 538-539 ; People v Goodfriend, 64 NY2d 695, 697 ; People v Ventura, 66 NY2d 693, 694-695 ; cf ., CPL 330.30 [1], People v Alfaro, 66 NY2d 985, 987 ). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
People v. Goodfriend
green
1 sentence1997After formal rendition of a verdict at a bench trial, a trial court lacks authority to reweigh the factual evidence and reconsider the verdict (see, People v Carter, supra, 63 NY2d, at 538-539 ; People v Goodfriend, 64 NY2d 695, 697 ; People v Ventura, 66 NY2d 693, 694-695 ; cf ., CPL 330.30 [1], People v Alfaro, 66 NY2d 985, 987 ). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
People v. Boettcher
green
1 sentence1997The court’s attempt to rectify this kind of error at sentencing comes too late and exceeds the scope of its authority (see, CPL 320.20 [4]; People v Carter, 63 NY2d 530, 538 ; People v Colon, 65 NY2d 888 , 890; People v Ford, 62 NY2d 275 ; cf., People v Boettcher, 69 NY2d 174, 180 ). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
People v. Carter
green
2 sentences1997The court’s attempt to rectify this kind of error at sentencing comes too late and exceeds the scope of its authority (see, CPL 320.20 [4]; People v Carter, 63 NY2d 530, 538 ; People v Colon, 65 NY2d 888 , 890; People v Ford, 62 NY2d 275 ; cf., People v Boettcher, 69 NY2d 174, 180 ). 1997After formal rendition of a verdict at a bench trial, a trial court lacks authority to reweigh the factual evidence and reconsider the verdict (see, People v Carter, supra, 63 NY2d, at 538-539 ; People v Goodfriend, 64 NY2d 695, 697 ; People v Ventura, 66 NY2d 693, 694-695 ; cf ., CPL 330.30 [1], People v Alfaro, 66 NY2d 985, 987 ). | 1 | 1997–1997 |
| Matter of Estate of Carroll green | 1 | 1995–1995 |
| Plue v. Lent green | 1 | 1991–1991 |
| Stovall v. Denno green | 1 | 1987–1987 |
| People v. Adams green | 1 | 1987–1987 |
| People v. Davis green | 1 | 1986–1986 |
| Higby v. Mahoney green | 1 | 1985–1985 |
| People v. Meikrantz green | 1 | 1984–1984 |
| Delaware v. Prouse green | 1 | 1984–1984 |
| People v. Ingle green | 1 | 1984–1984 |
| Marinzulich v. National Bank of North America neutral | 1 | 1982–1982 |
| In re O'Hara green | 1 | 1982–1982 |
| Russo v. New York State Board of Parole green | 1 | 1982–1982 |
| People v. Gilmore neutral | 1 | 1978–1978 |
| People v. Koerber green | 1 | 1977–1977 |
| Korein v. Rabin green | 1 | 1976–1976 |
| In re the Arbitration between Brill & Muller Brothers, Inc. neutral | 1 | 1976–1976 |
| Casper v. North Carolina green | 1 | 1976–1976 |
| People v. Seymore neutral | 1 | 1976–1976 |
| Mallen v. Morton green | 1 | 1976–1976 |
| In re the Arbitration between Brill & Muller Bros. neutral | 1 | 1976–1976 |
| Hecht v. Monaghan green | 1 | 1975–1975 |
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.