N.Y. CVP Law § 7205
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Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision
Official statutory text
§ 7205. Defense of good faith reliance on judicial decision. No action\nfor a penalty or forfeiture may be brought for an act done in good faith\nand pursuant to a construction given to a statute by a decision of an\nappellate court and adjudged lawful thereby, where such act was done\nprior to a reversal or the overruling of such decision.\n
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