Legal Opinion
Littlewort v. Board of Elections
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 16, 2011PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*643In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, “[t]he method of service provided for in an order to show cause is jurisdictional in nature and must be strictly complied with” (Matter of Hennessey v DiCarlo, 21 AD3d 505, 505 [2005]; see Matter of Del Villar v Vekiarelis, 59 AD3d 642 [2009]; Matter of Master v Pohanka, 43 AD3d 478 [2007]). Here, the petitioners established that they served the petition to validate in accordance with the order to show cause, which permitted service, among other means, “by guaranteed express overnight delivery mail,” placed in the mail on or before August 4,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Hennessey v. DiCarloAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2005
- Wilson v. GarfinkleAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2004
- MacDougall v. Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Nunziato v. MessanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Del Villar v. VekiarelisAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Nunziato v. MessanoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Rotanelli v. Westchester County Board of ElectionsNew York Supreme Court · 2013
- Watch v. HalloranAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2011
- Fonvil v. AudainAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
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