718 Billiards & KTV, Inc. v. Huang — 142 A.D.3d 700

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718 Billiards & KTV, Inc., et al., Appellants, v Qiao X. Huang et al., Respondents.

[36 NYS3d 909]

— In an action, inter alia, to recover damages for breach of fiduciary duty, the plaintiffs appeal, by permission, from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Hart, J.), dated July 30, 2014, which, sua sponte, directed the business of the plaintiff 718 Billiards and KTV, Inc., to be shut down immediately pending the outcome of certain investigations.

Motion by the defendants, inter alia, to dismiss the appeal on the ground that it has been rendered academic. By decision

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and order on motion of this Court dated April 28, 2015, that branch of the motion which was to dismiss the appeal on the ground that it has been rendered academic was held in abeyance and referred to the panel of Justices hearing the appeal for determination upon the argument or submission thereof.

Upon the papers filed in support of the motion and the papers filed in opposition thereto, and upon the argument of the appeal, it is

Ordered that the branch of the motion which was to dismiss the appeal on the ground that the appeal has been rendered academic is granted; and it is further,

Ordered that the appeal is dismissed as academic, without costs or disbursements (see Matter of New York State Commn. on Jud. Conduct v Rubenstein, 23 NY3d 570 , 576 [2014]; Matter of Hearst Corp. v Clyne, 50 NY2d 707 , 714 [1980]).

Rivera, J.R, Leventhal, Hinds-Radix and Brathwaite Nelson, JJ., concur.

Cases cited

New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct v. Rubenstein 23 NY3d 570 N.Y. 2014-06-10 at 576 p. 701
Hearst Corp. v. Clyne 50 NY2d 707 N.Y. 1980-07-03 at 714 p. 701