Legal Opinion
Esler v. Walters
New York Court of Appeals
Decided June 15, 1982PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*309OPINION OF THE COURT
Wachtler, J.
On this appeal we are asked to consider the constitutionality of a statute (Town Law, § 206, subd 7) which provides that in special elections on propositions to consolidate water districts, no person shall be entitled to vote unless he or she is an elector of the town and also “is the owner of taxable property situate within one of the districts”. The trial court found the statute unconstitutional, but the Appellate Division reversed. The petitioners appeal claiming that the real property ownership requirement violates the equal protection guarantees of the…
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