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Court Has Common-Law “Interest of Justice” Authority to Modify Its Own Order and/or a Stipulation Entered Into During Litigation

In affirming Supreme Court’s modifying its own order in the interest of justice, the Third Department explained the common law power to do so.  The order concerned the terms of a stipulation entered into during litigation:

A court has the common-law authority to, in its discretion, grant relief from a judgment or order in the interest of justice, considering “‘the facts of the particular case, the equities affecting each party and others affected by the judgment or order, and the grounds for the requested relief'” … . Even if the stipulation had not merged into an order of the court, the court has the “discretionary power to relieve parties from the consequences of a stipulation effected during litigation” … . Here, Supreme Court correctly noted that it had the authority to modify its own order. Hodge v Development at Helderberg Meadows LLC, 517046, 3rd Dept 2-27-14

 

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