Legal Opinion
Mercorella v. Benza
New York Court of Appeals
Decided September 3, 1975PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum. Special Term, confirming the report of a referee, granted a petition to invalidate the petition designating Louis C. Benza as a candidate for the Democratic Party *793nomination for the office of Judge of the Civil Court of the City of New York, Bronx County, and, in a second proceeding, dismissed the petition to validate said designating petition. Citing, inter alia, Matter of Lerner v Boucher (22 NY2d 767) and Matter of Aronson v Power (22 NY2d 759), the referee found that certain irregularities, improprieties and fraudulent practices permeate the designating petition.
On appeal, the…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Lerner v. PowerNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
- Aronson v. PowerNew York Court of Appeals · 1968
3Cited by17 opinions
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