Sullivan v. Cohen

Pending consideration by the Board of Elections of objections to an independent nominating petition, two proceedings were instituted here, one to validate the petition and the other to reject it. The Board of Elections has since rejected the petition. Since the Board of Elections sustained the objections to the petition, the court need only consider the application of Sullivan to compel the Board to reinstate the independent petition. The independent petition purported to nominate one John Clinton Sullivan as a candidate of the Yorkville Neighbors Party for the office of Justice of the…