35 Cited authorities

  1. Firestone Tire Rubber Co. v. Risjord

    449 U.S. 368 (1981)   Cited 984 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Holding that orders refusing to disqualify counsel are not immediately appealable because there is usually an adequate remedy after final judgment—the court of appeals can vacate the judgment and order a new trial
  2. Rush v. Savchuk

    444 U.S. 320 (1980)   Cited 804 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that party was not subject to state's jurisdiction in a personal injury action simply because his insurer was based there, and stating that the requirement of minimum contacts "must be met as to each defendant . . ."
  3. People v. Favor

    82 N.Y.2d 254 (N.Y. 1993)   Cited 247 times
    Holding right to be present at Sandoval hearing conferred by state law
  4. Bray v. Cox

    38 N.Y.2d 350 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 405 times
    Holding that "the dismissal of an appeal for want of prosecution [is] on the merits of all claims which could have been litigated had the appeal been timely argued or submitted"
  5. Steering Comm. v. Port Auth. of New York (In re World Trade Ctr. Bombing Litig. )

    2011 N.Y. Slip Op. 6501 (N.Y. 2011)   Cited 132 times
    Holding "when official action involves the exercise of discretion, the officer is not liable for the injurious consequences of that action even if resulting from negligence or malice"
  6. Rosner v. Paley

    65 N.Y.2d 736 (N.Y. 1985)   Cited 271 times
    Holding that a complaint that alleges nothing "more than an error of judgment" or "selection of one among several reasonable courses of action" does not state a claim of legal malpractice
  7. People v. Hardy

    4 N.Y.3d 192 (N.Y. 2005)   Cited 108 times
    In Hardy, the only evidence that inculpated the defendant was the testimony of a person with a dubious criminal history and the plea allocution of a nontestifying codefendant (4 N.Y.3d at 198–199, 791 N.Y.S.2d 513, 824 N.E.2d 953).
  8. Lacks v. Lacks

    41 N.Y.2d 71 (N.Y. 1976)   Cited 230 times
    In Lacks v Lacks, we dismissed "a line of decisions dating back to the last century and continuing into the present" on the ground that we spoke with "less than perfect meticulousness" when we used the phrase "jurisdiction" (41 N.Y.2d at 74).
  9. O'Connor v. City of New York

    58 N.Y.2d 184 (N.Y. 1983)   Cited 152 times   1 Legal Analyses
    Finding gas piping regulations were enacted for the benefit of plaintiffs as members of the community but not as individuals and thus no special relationship existed. "To hold otherwise would be to subject municipalities to open-ended liability of enormous proportions and with no clear outer limits."
  10. People v. Pepper

    53 N.Y.2d 213 (N.Y. 1981)   Cited 145 times
    Granting "pipeline retroactivity" to Samuels, supra, 424 N.Y.S.2d at 895, 400 N.E.2d at 1347, which held that once felony complaint is filed defendant may not waive right to counsel unless defense attorney is present
  11. Section 5513 - Time to take appeal, cross-appeal or move for permission to appeal

    N.Y. CPLR 5513   Cited 3,022 times
    Establishing thirty-day deadline for appeal