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McDonough v. Tutunjian

New York Supreme Court

Decided September 23, 1987Published

1Opinion of the Court

*1040OPINION OF THE COURT

F. Warren Travers, J.

By virtue of an order to show cause obtained on August 31, 1987, petitioner, Edward F. McDonough, Chairman of the Rensselaer County Democratic Party, has challenged the independent nominating petition filed by the Uncle Sam Party for the offices of Troy City Council-at-Large Districts. The candidates nominated in that petition, viz., Gerard V. Clifford, Eugene Eaton and John E. Sweeney, are also on the November 3, 1987 ballot as candidates of the Republican Party.

The petition alleges that the use of the word "party” in the independent nominating…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. McCarthy v. LawleyNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
  2. Carey v. ChiavaroliAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
  3. McCarthy v. LawleyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1970
  4. Donnellon v. HeffernanNew York Supreme Court · 1948
  5. Matter of Donnellon v. HeffernanNew York Court of Appeals · 1948

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