Legal Opinion
Braxton v. Mahoney
New York Court of Appeals
Decided August 28, 1984PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*692OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed, without costs, and the petition to validate dismissed. The requirements of subdivision 2 of section 6-134 of the Election Law that the sheets of a designating petition be bound together in one or more volumes and the sheets in each volume be numbered consecutively at the foot of each sheet are requirements of content rather than form (see Matter of Frome v Board of Elections, 57 NY2d 741; Matter of Hutson v Bass, 54 NY2d 772; cf. Matter of Sheehan v Scaringe, 60 NY2d 795). Neither sheet of the petition was…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Hutson v. BassNew York Court of Appeals · 1981
- Matter of Frome v. Bd. of Elections of Nassau CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Sheehan v. ScaringeNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
3Cited by11 opinions
- Hogan v. GoodspeedAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Bouldin v. ScaringeAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
- Farrell v. MorganAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1985
- Farrell v. SunderlandNew York Supreme Court · 1997
- Holster v. MatthewsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1992
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