STATE OF NY BY ABRAMS v. General Motors Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• recognizing New York’s quasi-sovereign interest in an action against a car company for deceptive business practices involving defects in a type of transmission
• parens patriae case brought by New York to redress injuries suffered by consumers in New York as well as other States
• in action concerning a company’s defrauding of consumers, holding that “[t]he State’s goal of securing an honest marketplace in which to transact business is a quasi-sovereign interest”
• “The purpose of seeking this wide-ranging relief is not merely to vindicate the interests of a few private parties. Rather, it is to take a step toward eliminating fraudulent and deceptive business practices in the marketplace.”
• rejecting Caldwell and stating “[t]his Court adopts the wholesale approach”
• “The purpose of seeking this wide-ranging relief is not merely to vindicate the interests of a few private parties. Rather, it is to take a step toward eliminating fraudulent and deceptive business practices in the marketplace.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).