Legal Opinion
Dobish v. State
New York Supreme Court
Decided May 10, 1967PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall E. Livingston, J.
The plaintiff, a qualified citizen of the Town of Arcadia, brings this action seeking a declaratory judgment that the apportionment of the Board of Supervisors of the County of Wayne is unconstitutional (N. Y. Const., art. I, § 11) and in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Wayne County, New York, has 15 towns. Each town is represented by one Supervisor. The towns vary in population, accord*733ing to a special census enumeration taken in 1966, from the Town of Huron with 1,570 persons to the Town of Arcadia with a population of 12,544 persons, exclusive…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Town of Greenburgh v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1967
- Iannucci v. Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1967
3Cited by2 opinions
- Dobish v. StateNew York Supreme Court · 1967
- Iannucci v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1967