Legal Opinion
Moritt v. Governor of New York
New York Court of Appeals
Decided July 7, 1977PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division is affirmed, without costs. We conclude that New York State may constitutionally require a showing of State-wide support in addition to a showing of numerical support so long as no *350substantial burden is imposed on access to the primary ballot (Williams v Rhodes, 393 US 23, 34). The United States Supreme Court has recognized that there is an important State interest "in requiring some preliminary showing of a significant modicum of support before printing the name of a political organization’s candidate on the ballot” (Jenness v Fortson, 403 US…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Williams v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Jenness v. FortsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Moore v. OgilvieSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Socialist Workers Party v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- Rockefeller v. Socialist Workers PartySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Massachusetts Public Interest Research Group v. Secretary of CommonwealthMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
- West Virginia Libertarian Party v. ManchinWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1980
- Libertarian Party of Va. v. DavisDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1984
- Johnson v. CuomoDistrict Court, N.D. New York · 1984
- McCarthy v. GarrahyDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1978
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