The state’s highest court handed down a decision Tuesday that could allow commercial building owners and landlords to restrict the number of options for their tenants to seek relief through litigation when faced with claims of violating their lease.

The Court of Appeals, in a split decision, ruled that part of a lease signed by a commercial tenant in Brooklyn that precluded them from asking a judge to assess whether they violated their lease or not was executed lawfully and completely enforceable under state law.