Legal Opinion
Heath v. Town of Islip
New York Supreme Court
Decided March 21, 1996PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Robert A. Lifson, J.
*383In this CPLR article 78 proceeding, petitioners Jean Heath, Ryland Gaines and Joseph Fritz request that the court declare erroneous, improper and contrary to law the determination of respondent Joan Johnson, Islip Town Clerk, which found invalid a petition for a referendum to establish a ward system for election of members of the Town Council. The proceeding was commenced by order to show cause dated November 2, 1995. By a notice of motion dated November 15, 1995, respondents Town of Islip (Town) and Joan Johnson, as Town Clerk (Clerk), move to dismiss…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Matter of Frome v. Bd. of Elections of Nassau CountyNew York Court of Appeals · 1982
- Barrett v. BrodskyAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1993
- Cohalan v. OlmoAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1973
- In re CohalanNew York Supreme Court · 1972
- MATTER OF LISS v. SadowskiNew York Court of Appeals · 1983
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Dunlea v. New York State Board of ElectionsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2000
- Parietti v. SampsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014
- Heath v. IslipAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Kurtz v. Town of AmherstAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Parietti v. SampsonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2014