Spillane v. Katz

Although the petitioners-respondents do not have standing to sue and have failed to join all the necessary parties, since the appellants have submitted to- us the merits of the constitutional issue inherent in the determination made by the Commissioners of Elections, we shall decide it. In these casesj in view of the troublesome consequences that surely would arise in regard to the validity óf elections in the former Municipal Court Districts, the tenure of the elected Judges and the legality of their orders and judgments if the petitions were dismissed on the basis of the procedural…