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  • In the Matter of New York State Chapter, Inc., Associated General Contractors of America, et al., Appellants v. New York State Thruway Authority et al., Respondents, 88 N.Y.2d 56

    Publication Date: 2013-01-18
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    Court: Court of Appeals, New York
    Judge: Before: J.J. Titone, Bellacosa, Levine and Ciparick concur with Ch.J. Kaye; Smith, J.
    Attorneys: For plaintiff: Bryant, O'Dell & Basso, LLP, Syracuse, Robert H. Basso, Vic J. Kopnitsky, Jr., and Linda E. Alario of counsel, for appellants in the first above-entitled proceeding.
    for defendant: Bond, Schoeneck & King, Syracuse, Robert W. Kopp and John Gaal of counsel, and Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City (Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and M. Patricia Smith of counsel), for respondents in the first aboveentitled proceeding. Colleran, O'Hara & Mills, Garden City, Edward J. Groarke and John F. Mills of counsel, for Local 40, International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding. Plunkett & Jaffe, P. C., Albany, Patrick E. Brown and John S. Harris of counsel, for New York State Building and Construction Trades Council, AFL-CIO, intervenor-respondent in the first above-entitled proceeding. Murphy Smith & Polk, Charles E. Murphy and Robert P. Casey, of the Illinois Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Associated General Contractors of America, Inc., amicus curiae in the first above-entitled proceeding. Sherman, Dunn, Cohen, Leifer & Yellig, Laurence J. Cohen and Victoria L. Bor, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae in the first and second above-entitled proceedings. Gates & Adams, Rochester, Anthony J. Adams, Jr., of counsel, for appellants in the second above-entitled proceeding. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City, Bradford W. Coupe and James P. Philbin III of counsel, and Dennis C. Vacco, Attorney-General, New York City, Victoria A. Graffeo, Peter H. Schiff, Daniel F. De Vita and M. Patricia Smith of counsel, for respondents in the second above-entitled proceeding. Venable, Baetjer, Howard & Civiletti, LLP, Maurice Baskin, of the District of Columbia Bar, admitted pro hac vice, of counsel, for Associated Builders and Contractors, Inc., amicus curiae in the second above-entitled proceeding.

    Case Number: 88 N.Y.2d 56

    Cite as: Matter of NYS Chapter, Inc. v. NYS Thruway Authority, 88 N.Y.2d 56, NYLJ 1202584997534, at *1 (Ct. of Ap., NY, Decided March 28, 1996)Before: J.J

  • April 28, 2003 | Texas Lawyer

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