O’Hanlon v Renwick

Holding The Appellate Division reversed the lower court’s order, holding that the law of the case doctrine barred the defendant from conducting discovery on a statute of frauds defense that had already been determined in a prior appeal. Consequently, the defendant’s application for discovery was denied and the plaintiff’s application to preclude it was granted.

The court’s words

Where issues have been raised and determined in a prior appeal, reconsideration of those issues is barred by the doctrine of law of the case

2026 NY Slip Op 06128, at the official text

the inapplicability of the statute of frauds was already determined by this Court, as a matter of law, on the prior appeal

2026 NY Slip Op 06128, at the official text