N.Y. Civil Practice Law & Rules Section 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.

Source: Section 7205 — Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision, https://www.­nysenate.­gov/legislation/laws/CVP/7205 (updated Sep. 22, 2014; accessed May 4, 2024).

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Last modified:
Sep. 22, 2014

§ 7205’s source at nysenate​.gov

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