Court Opinion

ID: 5478032
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-09 21:10:55.555395+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:33:33.622120
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OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, with costs.
Appellants chose to litigate this dispute in a declaratory judgment action (39 NY2d 964). Having taken that course they waived the right to submit the question to arbitration (Matter of Zimmerman v Cohen, 236 NY 15; cf. Denihan v Denihan, 34 NY2d 307, 310; Hadjioannou v Avramides, 40 NY2d 929, 931; Validity & Enforceability of Provision for Binding Arbitration and Waiver Thereof, Ann., 24 ALR3d 1325).
Chief Judge Breitel and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler, Fuchsberg and Cooke concur in memorandum.
Order affirmed.