CPLR 7205 · Article 72. Recovery of Penalty or Forfeiture
Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision
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§ 7205. Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision. No action for a penalty or forfeiture may be brought for an act done in good faith and pursuant to a construction given to a statute by a decision of an appellate court and adjudged lawful thereby, where such act was done prior to a reversal or the overruling of such decision.
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- https://legislation.nysenate.gov/pdf/laws/CVP7205
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