Legal Opinion
Longway v. Jefferson County Board of Supervisors
New York Court of Appeals
Decided December 16, 1993PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Smith, J.
The issue in this case, upon a certified question to this Court from the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, is whether the term " 'population’ ”, defined by Municipal Home Rule Law § 10 (1) (ii) (a) (13) (c) as " 'residents, citizens, or registered voters’, * * * necessarily excludes transients, such as military personnel, incarcerated felons, and occupants of group homes.” (995 F2d 12, 14.) Because we hold that the Municipal Home Rule Law definition does not "necessarily exclude” the stated classes of persons, we answer the certified question…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Reynolds v. SimsSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gray v. SandersSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Carrington v. RashSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Avery v. Midland CountySupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Burns v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Summers v. City of RochesterAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
- Longway v. Jefferson County Board Of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Longway v. Jefferson County Board of SupervisorsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1994
- Kaplan v. County of SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
- Frank Kaplan v. County Of SullivanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1996
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