Legal Opinion
Palla v. Suffolk County Board of Elections
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided December 13, 1971PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBenjamin, J.
The Board of Elections of Suffolk 'County and its Commissioners of Election appeal from that portion of an *85order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, which granted relief on the petition, as to 64 of a total of 81 petitioners, directing that they be allowed to register and vote in the November 2, 1971 general election. The proceeding was brought under section 331 of the Election Law. These 64 petitioners are all students at the Stony Brook campus of the State University residing in dormitories in Election District No. 1 of the Town of Brookhaven in Suffolk County.
This proceeding is the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Matter of GarveyNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Matter of Robbins v. ChamberlainNew York Court of Appeals · 1947
- Whittington v. Board of ElectionsDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1970
3Cited by5 opinions
- Ramey v. RockefellerDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- In re FalcherNew York Supreme Court · 1980
- Fenn v. Suffolk County Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- In re BennerNew York Supreme Court · 1987
- Lafrate v. Suffolk County Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1976