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Matter of Schwartz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 25, 1980
74 A.D.2d 638 (N.Y. App. Div. 1980)

Opinion

February 25, 1980


In a proceeding to stay arbitration, petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County, dated July 17, 1979, which denied the application. Judgment reversed, on the law, with $50 costs and disbursements, and application to stay arbitration granted. Cases involving public policy considerations which are "embodied in statute or decisional law" and which "prohibit, in an absolute sense," the granting of the relief sought, should not proceed to arbitration for the resolution of the issues (Matter of Sprinzen [Nomberg], 46 N.Y.2d 623, 631). Section 21-11.2 of the Nassau County Administrative Code bars home improvement contractors from operating without a license. The purpose of the requirement is to protect the public (Nassau County Administrative Code, § 21-11.0). Public policy considerations forbid enforcement of a contract in violation of the code or even the granting of quantum meruit relief (Segrete v. Zimmerman, 67 A.D.2d 999; Buffoleno v Denning, 82 Misc.2d 472). Here, an unlicensed contractor is seeking enforcement of a home improvement contract in arbitration. Under such circumstances, the application for a stay of arbitration should have been granted. Rabin, J.P., Cohalan, O'Connor and Weinstein, JJ., concur.


Summaries of

Matter of Schwartz

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department
Feb 25, 1980
74 A.D.2d 638 (N.Y. App. Div. 1980)
Case details for

Matter of Schwartz

Case Details

Full title:In the Matter of the Arbitration between SAMUEL R. SCHWARTZ, Appellant…

Court:Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department

Date published: Feb 25, 1980

Citations

74 A.D.2d 638 (N.Y. App. Div. 1980)

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