Legal Opinion
Hoerger v. Spota
New York Court of Appeals
Decided August 22, 2013PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
At issue in this appeal is the validity of Suffolk County’s term limit law pertaining to the office of district attorney. Petitioners allege that, as a consequence of such local law, respondent District Attorney Thomas J. Spota III is ineligible to hold the office he seeks. We conclude that the County is without the power to regulate the number of terms the district attorney may serve, and therefore we affirm the order finding the designating petitions valid.
The Suffolk County Legislature imposed term limits on county officials, including the district attorney (see Local…
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- Carey v. Oswego County LegislatureNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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