Article: N.Y. Court Dismisses 4 Charges in Grasso Case

Former New York Stock Exchange chief executive Dick Grasso won a significant victory yesterday when an appeals court dismissed four of six charges against him in a long-running dispute over his outsize compensation package.

New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo (D) said he expected to appeal the ruling, which cast doubt on his authority to supervise operations of nonprofit groups in the state. The appeals court dismissed four allegations on the ground that they exceeded New York's Not-for-Profit Corporation Law -- the basis of charges that Grasso's $188 million paycheck was unreasonable given his job description.

The decision would still allow state authorities to proceed against ...

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