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• Commented on Court Upholds Benefits for Same-Sex Marriages Performed Out of State
  Here is the case: http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2009/2009_08474.htm...
• Commented on Disorderly Opera Diva Apologizes, Avoids Jail
  John: "ACD" in a criminal case does not mean "acquittal in contemplation of dismissal." It means Adjournment in Contemplation of Dismissal," which means if the defendant is not arrested again for anything during the next six months, the ACD'd case...
• Commented on Landlords Scared Stuy Town Ruling Will Stymie Obscene Rents
  The statement "DHCR goes back only four years" is wrong. Not if fraud is involved. See Grimm v DHCR -- Sept 24, 2009 case http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2009/2009_06653.htm...
• Commented on Landlords Scared Stuy Town Ruling Will Stymie Obscene Rents
  Here is the decision: http://www.nycourts.gov/reporter/3dseries/2009/2009_07480.htm...
• Commented on Alleged Kirsten Dunst Purse Burglar Goes Free!
  No sentence got overturned. Jimenez, the guy the story is about, was acquitted. His accomplice, "Beinerman was sentenced to 4 years behind bars for that act."...