Court of Appeals of New York

In a dispute involving the constitutionality of the residency requirement for the elected position of town justice, Election Law section 16-102, order of the appeals court is affirmed where the the residency requirement, applying a rationale basis test, does not violate the equal protection clause.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/02/2011
• Published 06/02/2011

Judges

• JONES

Court

• Court of Appeals of New York

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Daniel C. Ross, Patrick B. Fife