Legal Opinion
Fortes v. English
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided August 19, 1987PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
a proceeding to validate a petition designating Kerry T. Fortes as a candidate in the Republican Party primary election to be held on September 15, 1987, for the public office of Sheriff of Rockland County, the petitioner appeals, as limited by his oral argument, from so much of a judgment of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Weiner, J.), entered August 13, 1987, as dismissed that branch of the petition which was for a judgment directing the Board of Elections of Rockland County to afford enrolled Republican voters of Rockland County the opportunity to write in names of candidates for the…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Pell v. CoveneyNew York Court of Appeals · 1975
- Hunting v. PowerNew York Court of Appeals · 1967
- Brown v. Ulster County Board of ElectionsNew York Court of Appeals · 1979
- Carr v. New York State Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1984
- Jones v. SachsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Harvey v. WolfAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1987
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