Disputes under the “Pet Law”—about the right to keep animals in multiple dwellings—are both ubiquitous and hard fought through motions, trials and appeals. Three such cases were decided by the Appellate Term, First Department, on Dec. 30, 2010. And last year saw many other cases determining the right to keep dogs in rental apartments and residential cooperatives and condominiums.
Barking Up the Legal Tree
The outcome of these cases is always singular and turns on the particular or peculiar facts involved; the governing lease; cooperative apartment or residential condominium documents; and the applicable local law. As discussed below, each of the cases involves a unique issue of contract or statutory interpretation.
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