Case Name: In the Matter of Ira Gammerman et al., Appellants, v. Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents. Shirley Levittan et al., Proposed Intervenors-Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1982-10-15
Citations: 57 N.Y.2d 888
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Ira Gammerman et al., Appellants, v Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents. Shirley Levittan et al., Proposed Intervenors-Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 57
Pages: 888–889

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Ira Gammerman et al., Appellants, v Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents. Shirley Levittan et al., Proposed Intervenors-Respondents.
Argued October 15, 1982
decided October 15, 1982
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Paul H. Asofsky for Ira Gammerman and others, appellants.
Frederick A.O. Schwarz, Jr., Corporation Counsel {Leonard Koerner of counsel), for Board of Elections of the City of New York, respondent.
Herbert Rubin for Jack Rosenberg and others, respondents.
Peter C. Hein for intervenors-respondents.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Order affirmed, without costs. We agree with the Appellate Division that the defect of late filing is not curable for the reasons assigned.
Concur: Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Gabrielli, Jones, Wachtler and Meyer. Judge Fuchsberg dissents and votes to reverse in the following memorandum: The drastic result in this case is the consequence of the harsh rule this court enunciated in such cases as Matter of Rutter v Coveney (38 NY2d 993) and Matter of Higby v Mahoney (48 NY2d 15). Reiterating the views I expressed in those cases, I would find an exception for the extraordinary circumstances which confront us now and reverse.