EXHIBIT 5.1
OPINION AND CONSENT OF LEVY & LEVY, P.A.
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Levy & Levy, P.A.
Plaza 1000, Suite 309
Voorhees, New Jersey 08043
(609) 7519494
(609) 751-9779 FAX
December 4, 2000
Securities and Exchange Commission
450 Fifth Street, N.W.
Judiciary Plaza
Washington, D.C. 20549
Re: Canterbury Information Technology, Inc.
Ladies and Gentlemen:
We have acted as counsel for Canterbury Information Technology, Inc., a
Pennsylvania corporation ("the Company"), in connection with the registration
by the Company of up to an aggregate of 66,428 shares of the Company's
common stock, without par value (the "Common Stock"), for the account of
certain security holders of the Company (the "Registration") as described in
the Company's Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration
Statement") being filed this date under the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended.
In connection with the following opinion, we have reviewed the
Registration Statement and are familiar with the action taken by the Company
to date with respect to the approval and authorization of the Registration.
We have examined originals, or copies, certified or otherwise authenticated
to our satisfaction, of such corporate records of the Company, agreements and
other instruments, certificates of public officials, officers and
representatives of the Company and such other documents as we have deemed
necessary as a basis for the opinion hereinafter expressed. We are
furnishing this opinion in connection with the filing of the Registration
Statement.
Based upon the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, upon the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, the shares of Common Stock
proposed to be registered by the Company under the Registration Statement
will be, when sold, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable. We
hereby consent to the inclusion of this opinion as an exhibit to the
Registration Statement and to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Legal Matters" in the prospectus constituting a part of the Registration
Statement.
Very truly yours,
LEVY & LEVY, P.A.
By: /s/ William N. Levy
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William N. Levy, Esq.
