Legal Opinion
LaValle v. Hayden
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 6, 2002PublishedCited by 58 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Ciparick, J.
The question presented by this appeal is whether the joint ballot provisions of Education Law § 202, providing for an alternative means of electing members of the State Board of Regents, where the Senate and Assembly fail to elect by concurrent resolution, violate article XI, §§ 1 and 2 — the Education Article — of the New York State Constitution. We say that they do not.
Plaintiffs Kenneth P. LaValle, a State Senator, and David H. Pearl, a retired teacher, commenced this action in Supreme Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against defendants, 14…
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