Decision: 2020.10.20 Argument: 2020.09.09 vid. tr. Whether New York law recognizes ʺcross‐jurisdictional class action tolling,ʺ i.e., tolling of a New York statute of limitations by the pendency of a class action in another jurisdiction. Whether a non‐merits dismissal of class certification can terminate class action tolling, and if so, whether the Orders at issue here,…
September Session
CNH Diversified Opportunities Master Account, L.P. v. Cleveland Unlimited, Inc.
Decision: 2020.10.22 Argument: 2020.09.10 vid. tr. Whether Supreme Court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ breach of contract claim based on parties’ indenture, which tracked the language of section 316(b) of the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 (15 USC § 77ppp(b)) and provided that bondholder’s right to receive payment or to bring enforcement suit shall not be impaired…
Hewitt v. Palmer Veterinary Clinic
Decision: 2020.10.22 Argument: 2020.09.10 vid. tr. Whether strict liability rule applies where plaintiff seeks to recover from a defendant who maintained the premises where the injury occurred but did not own the animal that caused the injury; plaintiff attacked by another patron’s dog at defendant veterinarian’s office.
Lynch v. City of New York
Decision: 2020.10.20 Argument: 2020.09.10 vid. tr. Whether police officers employed by the New York City Police Department who are tier 3 and tier 3 revised plan members of the New York City Police Pension Fund are eligible for the child care leave credit set forth in Administrative Code § 13-218(h); summary judgment; declaratory judgment.
Matter of Marian T.
Decision: 2020.11.23 Argument: 2020.10.14 vid. tr. Whether Surrogates’ Court had discretion to dispense with adult adoptee’s consent in adoption proceeding; petitioners commenced proceeding to adopt 64-year-old woman with severe intellectual disabilities, who resided in petitioners’ family care home; construction of Domestic Relations Law § 111(1)(a).