Alvarez v. Prospect Hosp
68 N.Y.2d 320 (N.Y. 1986) Cited 21,238 times 8 Legal AnalysesFinding summary judgment appropriate by relying on a treating doctor's unrebutted deposition testimony
Zuckerman v. City of N.Y.
49 N.Y.2d 557 (N.Y. 1980) Cited 24,838 times 9 Legal AnalysesGranting summary judgment as the city's arguments were considered speculation and this was "patently inadequate to establish the existence of a factual issue requiring a trial . . ."
Winegrad v. N.Y. Univ. Medical Center
64 N.Y.2d 851 (N.Y. 1985) Cited 18,136 times 8 Legal AnalysesReversing the motion court's order granting the defendants' cross-motion for summary judgment where they failed to demonstrate, with admissible proof, that the claims against them should be dismissed
Greenfield v. Philles Records
98 N.Y.2d 562 (N.Y. 2002) Cited 1,917 times 2 Legal AnalysesHolding a "written agreement that is complete, clear and unambiguous on its face must be enforced according to the plain meaning of its terms"
W.W.W. Assocs v. Giancontieri
77 N.Y.2d 157 (N.Y. 1990) Cited 2,208 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that extrinsic evidence was immaterial, in part because the contract plainly manifested intent that all prior understandings were merged into the contract, which expressed the parties' full agreement
Vermont Teddy Bear Co. v. 538 Madison Realty Co.
1 N.Y.3d 470 (N.Y. 2004) Cited 670 times 1 Legal AnalysesFinding no intent to add terms where sophisticated parties could have added a term, but failed to do so
Chimart Assoc. v. Paul
66 N.Y.2d 570 (N.Y. 1986) Cited 852 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the decisions by "sophisticated, counseled parties dealing at arm's length" in a "multimillion dollar transaction" to not contract for such rights must be given effect
Kass v. Kass
91 N.Y.2d 554 (N.Y. 1998) Cited 552 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding that the parties’ agreement controlled
Oppenheimer Co. v. Oppenheim
86 N.Y.2d 685 (N.Y. 1995) Cited 448 times 5 Legal AnalysesHolding that obligation by landlord to furnish proof of sale or development was not condition of effective termination where contract merely required that such proof be furnished “ when such notice [of termination] is given”
Bailey v. Neave
2007 N.Y. Slip Op. 3958 (N.Y. 2007) Cited 203 timesInterpreting the New York Partnership Law
Section 1a - Definitions
7 U.S.C. § 1a Cited 323 times 63 Legal AnalysesDefining "excluded commodity" under Commodity Exchange Act