Legal Opinion
Wright v. County of Cattaraugus
New York Supreme Court
Decided December 21, 2006PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Larry M. Himelein, J.
From 1808 until 1968, Cattaraugus County was governed by a Board of Supervisors, consisting of the supervisors of the 32 *908towns in the county and the 16 council members from the wards in the cities of Olean and Salamanca. After Baker v Carr (369 US 186 [1962]) and its progeny were decided, a lawsuit was commenced in Cattaraugus County Supreme Court alleging that the Board of Supervisors had failed to reapportion as required. By order of February 1, 1968, Supreme Court (Ward, J.) directed the Board of Supervisors to develop an interim voting plan by May…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Graham v. Board of Supervisors of Erie CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1966
- Town of Carmel v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1970
- Angell v. Tompkins County Board of RepresentativesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1982
- Slater v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1972
3Cited by1 opinion
- Wright v. County of CattaraugusAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2007