Legal Opinion
Popkin v. Umane
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 12, 2005PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, inter alia, to validate so much of a petition as nominated Gary S. Popkin as a candidate in the general election to be held on November 8, 2005, for the public office of Brooklyn Borough President, the appeal is from a final order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Levine, J.), dated September 22, 2005, which granted the petition.
Ordered that the final order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly determined that the independent nominating petition should not have been declared invalid by the New York City…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Hargett v. GreenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
- Garson v. CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1989
- Matter of Love v. Bd. of Elections of the City of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1989
- Simpson v. CohenAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1937
3Cited by3 opinions
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