Legal Opinion
MTR OF STOPPENBACH v. Sweeney
New York Court of Appeals
Decided August 30, 2002PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
Objector commenced this proceeding challenging the sufficiency of the petition designating John Sweeney as the Inde pendence Party candidate for the House of Representatives for the 20th Congressional District. Supreme Court invalidated the petition, excluding 48 signatures for failure of the signers to accurately designate a town or city, leaving an insufficient number of valid signatures (see Election Law §§ 6-130, 6-136). The Appellate Division affirmed with two Justices dissenting. Candidate appeals as of right based on the two-Justice dissent on a question of law…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of Frome v. Bd. of Elections of Nassau CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Molinari v. PowersDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 2000
- Zobel v. New York State of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
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