Case Updates
New York’s Supreme Court Appellate Division reinforces New York’s special injury requirement for public nuisance claims by private parties
October 21, 2021
The New York’s Supreme Court Appellate Division held that neighbors to a landfill could not pursue public nuisance claims based on allegedly noxious odors.
U.S. Chamber files amicus brief urging New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division to reverse trial court order that failed to give meaning to New York’s special injury requirement for public nuisance claims by private parties
October 28, 2020
Click here to view the Chamber’s amicus brief. Elbert Lin, Trevor S. Cox, and Jennifer L. Bloom of Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and the U.S. Chamber’s Litigation Center served as co-counsel for the U.S. Chamber.
Case Documents
- Decision26 Order Motionto Dismiss Duncanv Capital Region Landfills2 C Inc New York Supreme Court
- U.S. Chamber Amicus Brief -- Duncan v. Capital Region Landfills, Inc. (New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division).pdf
- Opinion -- Duncan v. Capital Region Landfills, Inc. (New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division).pdf