Foxfire Enterprises, Inc. v. Enterprise Holding Corp.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Foxfire Enterprises, Inc. v. Enterprise Holding Corp.

140 A.D.2d 581, 528 N.Y.S.2d 645, 1988 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5602

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided May 23, 1988·Published·Cited by 3 cases

Opinion

The court lacked inherent power to impose monetary sanctions for frivolous motion practice. As there is no statutory provision or court rule permitting the imposition of sanctions, the order herein must be reversed as a matter of law notwithstanding the fact that duplicative motions were made by the plaintiff (see, Matter of A. G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v Lezak, [582]*58269 NY2d 1; Ltown Ltd. Partnership v Sire Plan, 69 NY2d 670; Guma v Guma, 132 AD2d 645; Claybourne v City of New York, 128 AD2d 667). Lawrence, J. P., Kunzeman, Eiber and Balletta, JJ., concur.

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The court lacked inherent power to impose monetary sanctions for frivolous motion practice. As there is no statutory provision or court rule permitting the imposition of sanctions, the order herein must be reversed as a matter of law notwithstanding the fact that duplicative motions were made by the plaintiff (see, Matter of A. G. Ship Maintenance Corp. v Lezak, [582]*58269 NY2d 1; Ltown Ltd. Partnership v Sire Plan, 69 NY2d 670; Guma v Guma, 132 AD2d 645; Claybourne v City of New York, 128 AD2d 667). Lawrence, J. P., Kunzeman, Eiber and Balletta, JJ., concur.

Foxfire Enterprises, Inc. v. Enterprise Holding Corp., 140 A.D.2d 581, 528 N.Y.S.2d 645, 1988 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 5602 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1988).

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