Legal Opinion
Reform of Schoharie County v. Schoharie County Board of Supervisors
District Court, N.D. New York
Decided August 22, 1997No. 95-CV-1074Published
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM-DECISION AND ORDER
MUNSON, District Judge.
Plaintiffs move for summary judgment in this action challenging as unconstitutional the method of electing supervisors to the Board of Supervisors of Schoharie County. The court entertained oral argument at its regular motion term in Albany, New York on November 27, 1995, and decides the motion herein.
I. BACKGROUND
The New York State Legislature established the County of Schoharie in the year 1795. The County is essentially agrarian in character, encompassing some 675 square miles in the eastern central area of the state. According to the…
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