Stewart M. Muller Construction Company, Inc. v. New York Telephone Company

Summary

The New York Court of Appeals affirmed the Appellate Division's order dismissing the plaintiff's claim of economic duress. The court held that the defendant's threatened termination was authorized by the contract's termination clause and therefore was not a wrongful threat that could void the agreement. The decision relied on the principle that economic duress requires a wrongful threat beyond contractual rights.