New York Court of Appeals
Lincoln Building Associates, Appellant v. Lockwood Barr, Respondent; Lincoln Building Associates, Appellant, v…
July 11, 19561 N.Y.2d 413
Summary
The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Municipal Court orders, holding that the 1955 amendment to the Business Rent Law as applied to office space is constitutional. The Court found a rational basis for the legislature's finding of a continuing emergency and declined to overturn the presumption of constitutionality.